A treatise on orthopedic surgery . peculiar elastic resistance. Ifan attempt is made to force the limb beyond the limit set by the Fig. 212. Apparent lengthening. Fixed abduction of 45°. Wlien tlie anterior superiorspines are on the same plane, as in the illustration, the deformity is evident.(See Fig. ) muscular resistance the pelvis follows the movement. Thecontraction of the surrounding muscles, including those of thetrunk even, may be appreciated by the eye and by the hand, andthe patients expression is one of discomfort and degree of muscular spasm corresponds to the
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . peculiar elastic resistance. Ifan attempt is made to force the limb beyond the limit set by the Fig. 212. Apparent lengthening. Fixed abduction of 45°. Wlien tlie anterior superiorspines are on the same plane, as in the illustration, the deformity is evident.(See Fig. ) muscular resistance the pelvis follows the movement. Thecontraction of the surrounding muscles, including those of thetrunk even, may be appreciated by the eye and by the hand, andthe patients expression is one of discomfort and degree of muscular spasm corresponds to the sensitivenessof the joint rather than to the extent of the disease. Thus it TUBEECULOUS DISEASE OF TEE EIP-JOINT. 313 may vary from day to day and even from hour to hour, and inthe acute phases of the disease motion may be for a time soabsolutely restricted as to simulate anchylosis. Reflex muscular spasm is evidence of a sensitive joint; it is,of course, not diagnostic of the tuberculous process, but unless Fig. 213. Fig.
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