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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Burn Care Res. 2017 Jan-Feb;38(1):e328–e336. doi: 10.1097/BCR.0000000000000380

Table 4.

Contracture severity and frequency by joint (degrees)

Joint Contracture Severity
Mild Moderate Severe Total (%)
Shoulder 231 190 61 482 (23.0)
Elbow 263 106 47 416 (19.9)
Hip 49 42 43 134 (6.4)
Knee 160 104 17 281 (13.4)
Ankle 29 72 185 286 (13.6)
Wrist 171 146 45 362 (17.3)
Neck 78 27 19 124 (5.9)
Lumbar 3 1 0 4 (0.2)
Thoracic 6 1 1 8 (0.4)
Total (%) 988 (47.2) 687 (32.9) 419 (19.9) 2097

Each impaired joint muscle action is assigned a severity rating determined by dividing the normal range of motion value equally in thirds (mild, moderate, and severe).