Sickle Cell Disease Ontology

Last uploaded: May 6, 2021
Preferred Name

Flexion Contracture
Synonyms

Joint Contracture

Flexion Contractures of Joints

Joint Contractures

Flexion Contractures

Definitions

A flexion contracture is a bent (flexed) joint that cannot be straightened actively or passively. It is thus a chronic loss of joint motion due to structural changes in muscle, tendons, ligaments, or skin that prevents normal movement of joints.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001371

database cross reference

HP:0001371

definition

A flexion contracture is a bent (flexed) joint that cannot be straightened actively or passively. It is thus a chronic loss of joint motion due to structural changes in muscle, tendons, ligaments, or skin that prevents normal movement of joints.

definition source

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001371

existence in other ontologies

Sufficient

hasExactSynonym

Joint Contracture

Flexion Contractures of Joints

Joint Contractures

Flexion Contractures

prefixIRI

HP:0001371

prefLabel

Flexion Contracture

previous identifier

SCDO:0001324

rdfs:label

Flexion Contracture

skos:prefLabel

Flexion Contracture

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000924

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