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JOINT LOCKING [1 record]

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Record 1 1990-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Loss of full extension of a joint, especially the knee joint, as a result of mechanical obstruction (e.g. a torn meniscus). From APORT, 1982, pp. 9, 277, 289.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Accident brutal survenant au cours d'un mouvement, se manifestant par une douleur articulaire et l'impossibilité de l'extension complète de l'articulation (genou, coude). Le blocage (...) doit faire rechercher une lésion intra-articulaire (lésion des ménisques du genou, corps étranger intra-articulaire).

Spanish

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