A young adult was involved in a motor vehicle accident and suffers from brain trauma. The patient has decrease mobility in all joints. The nurse should assess for which common, debilitating contracture?
a. Lordosis
b. Bowlegs
c. Footdrop
d. Kyphosis
C
One common and debilitating contracture is footdrop. When footdrop occurs, the foot is permanently in plantar flexion. Patients are no longer able to walk when this occurs. Lordosis is the exaggeration of the anterior convex curve of the lumbar spine caused by a congenital condition or a temporary condition such as pregnancy. Bowlegs (genu varum) is one or both legs bent outward at the knee, which is normal until 2 to 3 years of age and is caused by a congenital condition or rickets. Kyphosis is the increased convexity in curvature of thoracic spine for a congenital condition, rickets, osteoporosis, or tuberculosis of the spine.
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