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Contracture of a muscle occurs to some degree secondary to any '''muscle contusion that heals primarily by scar tissue'''.

Contracture of a muscle occurs to some degree secondary to any '''muscle contusion that heals primarily by scar tissue'''.

Muscle contracture or fibrotic myopathy is characterised by the replacement of most or all of a muscle by fibrous scar tissue that contracts to an '''inelastic band'''.

Muscle contracture or fibrotic myopathy is characterised by the replacement of most or all of a muscle by fibrous scar tissue that contracts to an '''inelastic band'''. Therefore normal motion of the related joints is decreased or lost.

 

Therefore normal motion of the related joints is decreased or lost.

Muscles most commonly affected include: infraspinatus, quadriceps, gracilis and semitendinosus.

Muscles most commonly affected include: infraspinatus, quadriceps, gracilis and semitendinosus.

Slatter, D. (2002) '''Textbook of Small Animal Surgery''' ''Elsevier Health Sciences''

Slatter, D. (2002) '''Textbook of Small Animal Surgery''' ''Elsevier Health Sciences''

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