Affiliation:
1. The Orthopaedic Department, St Petrus Hospital, Bonn
Abstract
1. Musculoplastic stump correction is a method of physiological preparation of all the elements of the stump–muscles, bone, vessels and nerves–so as to establish the best relations between them. It removes the cause of existing circulatory disorders by creating active muscular movements. 2. In all cases stump pains, even those of causalgic character, have been eliminated. We attribute this to the attainment of normal muscular tension, and we believe that many phantom sensations and pains are caused by cramped and retracted muscles. 3. Active muscular work produces increased arterial inflow, as has been shown by arteriography, and also eliminates venous stasis in the end of the stump by restoration of the muscle pump mechanism. 4. Stumps prepared in the way described become painless and warm and their muscles become strong.
Publisher
British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
Subject
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Surgery
Cited by
33 articles.
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