{"id":249269,"date":"2023-11-17T06:43:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T06:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=249269"},"modified":"2023-11-17T06:44:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T06:44:01","slug":"volkmanns-ischemic-contracture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/volkmanns-ischemic-contracture\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkmann&#8217;s ischemic contracture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-sszlq-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm gizmo:pb-9 dark:bg-gray-800 gizmo:dark:bg-transparent\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-39\">\n<div class=\"p-4 gizmo:py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl } group final-completion\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gizmo:w-full lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full gap-3 gizmo:gap-0\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"6a79b7ca-2563-4dae-b4a3-3c6d6ea1868e\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>Muscle atrophy in a limb caused by restricted blood flow due to excessive tightness of a splint or bandage is known as ischemic contracture. 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