Talk:Contracture

POV promotion of Flex Technology
The "See also" section, while informative, appears to have been written in a promotional style. At best, the author may simply be a sincere advocate of an exciting new technology. Such an author should certainly feel free to point out the benefits of the technology, but these benefits should be labeled as "perceived benefits of technique" or something that indicates that the section consists largely of opinion. At worst, the repeated references to Flex Technology may have been inserted with an eye toward search engine optimization. It is not clear why it is relevant that the product is made in the USA, nor why one brand of the product is repeatedly mentioned without comparison to any other brands. Wikipedia is not an appropriate outlet for this kind of advertising. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Invisible Flying Mangoes (talk • contribs) 09:46, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Serial Casting
According to this website and some other research, serial casting is a possible non-surgical treatment for children. I'm not sure about adults. http://www.sjbhealth.org/body_childrens.cfm?id=101271.179.3.224 (talk) 14:54, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Non-surgical interventions
I found this entry asserting that once contracture is taking place, surgery was the only intervention, but this is not true. I don't know enough about this to fix it beyond what I've done, but I know that there's a lot of work being done with yoga, for example, with people with cerebral palsy. (I also know that there's a significant difference between just PULLING on a hypertonic contracture and actually releasing it; can others fill in a bit more?) Here are a few refs that may be starting places: Light KE, Nuzik S, Personius W, Barstrom A (1984) Low-load prolonged stretch vs. high-load brief stretch in treating knee contractures. Phys Ther 64: 330- 333.

Tanigawa MC (1972) Comparison of the hold-relax procedure and passive mobilization on increasing muscle length. Phys Ther 52: 725-735.

Nambi, Gopal S., and Amisha Atul Kumar Shah. "Additional effect of iyengar yoga and EMG biofeedback on pain and functional disability in chronic unilateral knee osteoarthritis." International Journal of Yoga 6.2 (2013): 123.

DiBenedetto, Margarete, et al. "Effect of a gentle Iyengar yoga program on gait in the elderly: an exploratory study." Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 86.9 (2005): 1830-1837. 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.03.011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kvcad (talk • contribs) 02:42, 10 January 2015 (UTC)