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Table 5 Post Burn Contracture description before and after Operative management

From: Recurrence of post burn contractures of the elbow and shoulder joints: experience from a ugandan hospital

Range of motion

Contracture descriptions

 

Shoulder joint

 

Right

Left

 

Before Treatment %

After Treatment %

Before Treatment %

After Treatment %

Flexion

    

Mild

6 (42.86)

11 (78.57)

1 (11.11)

5 (55.56)

Moderate

7 (50.00)

3 (21.43)

5 (55.55)

4 (44.44)

Severe

1 (7.14)

0

3 (33.33)

0

Extension

    

Mild

12 (85.71)

14 (100)

5 (55.56)

8 (88.88)

Moderate

1 (7.14)

0

3 (33.33)

1 (11.11)

Severe

1 (7.14)

0

1 (11.11)

0

Abduction

    

Mild

1 (7.14)

4 (28.57)

0

3 (33.33)

Moderate

0

7 (50.00)

0

1 (11.11)

Severe

13 (92.86)

3 (21.43)

9 (100)

5 (55.55)

Adduction

    

Mild

11 (78.57)

13 (92.86)

5 (55.56)

9 (100)

Moderate

2 (14.29)

1 (7.14)

4 (44.44)

0

Severe

1 (7.14)

0

0

0

 

Elbow joint

Extension

    

Negligible

2 (7.14)

17 (60.71)

0

14 (58.33)

Mild

10 (35.71)

6 (21.43)

9 (37.50)

7 (29.17)

Moderate

10 (35.71)

3 (10.71)

11 (45.83)

3 (12.50)

Severe

6 (21.43)

2 (7.14)

4 (16.67)

0