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Descriptor English: Sprains and Strains
Descriptor Spanish: Esguinces y Distensiones
Descriptor esguinces y distensiones
Entry term(s) torceduras ligamentosas
Scope note: Término común para las lesiones de ligamentos y músculos sin luxación o fractura. Un esguince es una lesión articular en la que algunas de las fibras de un ligamento de soporte se rompen pero en la que la continuidad del ligamento permanece intacta. Se produce por ejercicios extremos o por hipersolicitación de algún grupo muscular.
Descriptor Portuguese: Entorses e Distensões
Descriptor French: Entorses et foulures
Entry term(s): Entorses
Foulures
Tree number(s): C26.844
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013180
Scope note: A collective term for muscle and ligament injuries without dislocation or fracture. A sprain is a joint injury in which some of the fibers of a supporting ligament are ruptured but the continuity of the ligament remains intact. A strain is an overstretching or overexertion of some part of the musculature.
Annotation: coordinate sprain with specific joint /inj or ligament /inj & strain with specific muscle /inj; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS and SPRAIN FRACTURE see FRACTURES, AVULSION are also available
Allowable Qualifiers: BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CI induit chimiquement
CL classification
CN congénital
CO complications
DG imagerie diagnostique
DH diétothérapie
DI diagnostic
DT traitement médicamenteux
EC économie
EH ethnologie
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
EP épidémiologie
ET étiologie
GE génétique
HI histoire
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
MO mortalité
NU soins infirmiers
PA anatomopathologie
PC prévention et contrôle
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
PX psychologie
RH rééducation et réadaptation
RT radiothérapie
SU chirurgie
TH thérapie
UR urine
VE médecine vétérinaire
VI virologie
DeCS ID: 13565
Unique ID: D013180
NLM Classification: WE 175
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/04/21
Entorses et foulures - Preferred
Concept UI M0020394
Preferred term Entorses et foulures
Entorses - Narrower
Concept UI M0020393
Preferred term Entorses
Foulures - Narrower
Concept UI M0020395
Preferred term Foulures



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