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à peu près tenue mais en forte tension jusqu'au maintien du genou en extension

English translation: is just about maintained but with straining until the knee is extended

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French term or phrase:	à peu près tenue mais en forte tension jusqu'au maintien du genou en extension
English translation:	is just about maintained but with straining until the knee is extended
Entered by:	liz askew

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08:19 Sep 16, 2008

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Medical - Medical: Health Care / physical rehabilitation

French term or phrase: à peu près tenue mais en forte tension jusqu'au maintien du genou en extension

From a generally not very well written report on the rehabilitation of a patient who suffered a C1-C2 dislocation in a RTA and was left quadriplegic:

Membres inférieurs:
Cheville droite: FD + 10 degrés à peu près tenue mais en forte tension jusqu'au maintien du genou en extension.

Pretty sure the FD is dorsal flexors, but can't make out the meaning of the rest.

Thanks in advance.

Wendy Leech KudoZ activity Questions: 728 (2 open) (2 without valid answers) (60 closed without grading) Answers: 181 United Kingdom
Local time: 01:43

[position] is maintained with difficulty and under constant stress until the knee is in the extended

Explanation:
position...

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Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Guide To Get Better Performance - Google Books Result
by Johan Bellemans, Michael D Ries - 2005 - Medical - 409 pages
The ligaments stabilizing the lateral side of the knee all have differing functions in the flexed and extended positions [4, 6, 8, 9]. ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=3540202420...
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Clinical Biomechanics : Influence of knee positions and gender on ...
If greater stretch is placed on the ITB with the knee extended, one would expect that this knee position would limit hip adduction movement more than with ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0268003302001687 - Similar pages
by R L Gajdosik - 2003 - Cited by 5 - Related articles
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Braked knee joint - Patent 4685927
means for gradually stopping rotational movement of the knee joint upon reaching said extended position, said stopping means comprising means associated ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/4685927.html - Similar pages
by W Haupt - 1987 - Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 6 versions

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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:43

Grading comment

I've taken elements from more than one answer, but mostly Liz's, so she gets the points.
Thanks SJLD for a really good reference.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

may hold the position (weightbearing) but strongly sollicitated until the knee is stable

Drmanu49

dorsal flexion +10° just about held but under great tension until knee is kept in extension

Gabrielle Leyden

3 +1

[position] is maintained with difficulty and under constant stress until the knee is in the extended

liz askew

maintained somewhat but under heavy tension till the maintenance of the knee in extension

Narasimhan Raghavan

Summary of reference entries provided

SJLD

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

3 mins confidence:

maintained somewhat but under heavy tension till the maintenance of the knee in extension

Explanation:
FD + 10 degrees maintained somewhat but under heavy tension till the maintenance of the knee in extension

Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 06:13
Native speaker of:

Tamil

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

[position] is maintained with difficulty and under constant stress until the knee is in the extended

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 136

Grading comment

I've taken elements from more than one answer, but mostly Liz's, so she gets the points.
Thanks SJLD for a really good reference.

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

may hold the position (weightbearing) but strongly sollicitated until the knee is stable

Explanation:
IMO

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-09-16 08:25:01 GMT)
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FD is flexion dorsale

La flexion dorsale de cheville obtenue à l'ablation du dernier plâtre était de ... une fois le varus/valgus corrigé) différent du « FD stretch » (qui est ...
srvsofcot.sofcot.com.fr/Apcort/rco/rco97/83_4/art08/art08_fs.htm - 1k -

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so may hold the dorsal flexion position but strongly sollicitated or under tension until the knee is stable or until the knee compensates that position.

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Note added at 8 mins (2008-09-16 08:27:59 GMT)
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Dorsal Flexion. Flexion of the ankle resulting in the top of the foot moving toward the body. See dorsiflexion inflexibility. ...
www.exrx.net/Articulations/Ankle.html - 5k -

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Sollicitation would be strong effort or stress.

Drmanu49
Local time: 02:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 484

Notes to answerer

Asker: Could you clarify the use of "sollicitation" in relation to muscles? I cannot find many UK/English reliable sources, and would therefore prefer an alternative if possible

5 hrs confidence:

dorsal flexion +10° just about held but under great tension until knee is kept in extension

Explanation:
the position is "à peu près tenue"

Gabrielle Leyden
Local time: 02:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Reference comments

3 hrs

Reference

Reference information:
Wendy, this reference explains the examination:

http://books.google.com/books?id=YaMon_RyJQ0C&pg=PA342&lpg=P...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-09-16 11:47:50 GMT)
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I wonder if "en forte tension" doesn't mean "with straining" or "under strain".

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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-09-16 19:59:41 GMT)
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Interesting word, solicitation...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solicitation

SJLD
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 305

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Sep 17, 2008 - Changes made by liz askew:
Edited KOG entry	Wendy Leech's old entry - "à peu près tenue mais en forte tension jusqu'au maintien du genou en extension" => "is just about maintained but with straining until the knee is extended"

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