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Contracture

"Contracture" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Prolonged shortening of the muscle or other soft tissue around a joint, preventing movement of the joint.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Contracture" by people in this website by year, and whether "Contracture" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 11 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2008
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