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Contractures

Permanent contraction at joints.

The following references are relevant:-

Ebin (1951) Surgical Treatment of Parkinsonism: Indications and Results[1]

Kyriakides and Hewer (1988) Hand contractures in Parkinson's disease. [2]

Shah et al (2005) Flexion contracture after total knee arthroplasty in a patient with Parkinson's disease: successful treatment with botulinum toxin type A. [3]

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  1. ↑ Ebin, Judah (1951) Full Text Bull. N. Y. Acad. Med. 27 (11) 653 – 678. Surgical Treatment of Parkinsonism: Indications and Results http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1930137/
  2. ↑ Kyriakides, T. and Hewer, R. L. (1988) Full Text J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry. 51 (9) 1221 – 1223. Hand contractures in Parkinson's disease. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1033032/
  3. ↑ Shah, S.N.; Hornyak, J. and Urquhart, A. G. (2005) Full TextJ. Arthroplasty 20 (8) 1078 - 1080. Flexion contracture after total knee arthroplasty in a patient with Parkinson's disease: successful treatment with botulinum toxin type A. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16376267
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