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A hand imitating an ulnar claw. The metacarpophalangeal joints of the 4th and 5th fingers are extended and the Interphalangeal joints of the same fingers are flexed.. An ulnar claw, also known as claw hand or Spinster’s Claw, is a deformity or an abnormal attitude of the hand that develops due to ulnar nerve damage causing paralysis of the lumbricals.
Maintaining a shortened position for a prolonged period of time leads to: fibrous adhesion formation, loss of sarcomeres, and a loss of tissue extensibility. [ 1 ] For example, after a fracture when immobilization is done by casting the limb in plaster of paris, the muscle length shortens because the muscle is not used for a large span of time.
Chair Freeze - A freeze while you're lying down arched to the floor with the arm stabbed into the back to support the body. Airchair - A chair freeze without the head or feet on the floor, usually facing the ceiling, with leeway for many leg variations. Elbow Airchair - A chair freeze, performed with hand at the back and that elbow pointed at ...
Dupuytren's contracture (also called Dupuytren's disease, Morbus Dupuytren, Palmar fibromatosis and historically as Viking disease or Celtic hand) is a condition in which one or more fingers become permanently bent in a flexed position. [2]
The beginning of locking can be traced to Don Campbell.In the late 1960s he put together several fad dances adding moves of his own (known as the "Lock") when performing. . The original lock was created by accident: Campbell couldn't do a move called the "funky chicken" and stopped at a particular point whilst moving his arms, creating a 'locking' effe
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Abnormal posturing is an involuntary flexion or extension of the arms and legs, indicating severe brain injury.It occurs when one set of muscles becomes incapacitated while the opposing set is not, and an external stimulus such as pain causes the working set of muscles to contract. [1]