. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 22.

Published in final edited form as: J Burn Care Res. 2017 Jan-Feb;38(1):e192–e199. doi: 10.1097/BCR.0000000000000341

Table 3.

Contracture severity and frequency by joint (degrees)

Joint	Contracture Severity			Total (%)
Joint	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Total (%)
Shoulder	88	77	54	219 (27.9)
Elbow	74	44	20	138 (17.6)
Hip	17	36	12	65 (8.3)
Knee	55	35	14	104 (13.2)
Ankle	6	30	58	91 (11.9)
Wrist	51	40	21	112 (14.2)
Neck	5	17	14	36 (4.6)
Lumbar	3	3	4	10 (1.3)
Thoracic	4	4	1	9 (1.1)
Total (%)	303 (38.5)	286 (36.3)	198 (25.1)	787

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).