GERIATRIC SYMDROMES
Is it important nurse to know how the muscle contractures may affect geriatric patients?
Is it important nurse to know how the muscle contractures may affect geriatric patients?
Muscle contractures involve the persistent
contraction of a muscle.
In the elderly musculature has lost power and if they practice exercises that are too strong for them contractures may be induced.
In addition, contractures in these types of patients are associated because they are highly correlated with musculoskeletal diseases. (eg, arthritis, burns ...).
The areas that are usually
affected are the back, arms and legs. What in the elderly
causes loss of mobility
due to pain and this may trigger
in another pathology.
Therefore, it is important the nurse to know
what a muscle contracture is, and how it affects
geriatric patients unlike other patients.
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