Joint locking (symptom)

Not to be confused with Joint lock.

In medicine, joint locking is a symptom of pathology in a joint. Joint locking is a common symptom of:

Causes of joint locking include "joint mice": loose fragments of cartilage or cartilage and bone, that float in the joint.[1]

References

  1. ^ Hixon AL, Gibbs LM (January 2000). "What Should I Know About Osteochondritis Dissecans?". American Family Physician 61 (1): 158. http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000101/20000101d.html. 
Primarily nervous system
Primarily CNS
Lack of coordination
Other
Primarily PNS
Primarily muscular
Other
Primarily skeletal
Primarily joint
Joint locking

M: CNS

anat(n/s/m/p/4/e/b/d/c/a/f/l/g)/phys/devp

noco(m/d/e/h/v/s)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)

M: PNS

anat(h/r/t/c/b/l/s/a)/phys(r)/devp/prot/nttr/nttm/ntrp

noco/auto/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1B)

M: MUS, DF+DRCT

anat (h/n, u, t/d, a/p, l)/phys/devp/hist

noco(m, s, c)/cong(d)/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (M1A/3)

M: BON/CAR

anat(c/f/k/f, u, t/p, l)/phys/devp/cell

noco/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(M5)

M: JNT

anat(h/c, u, t, l)/phys

noco(arth/defr/back/soft)/cong, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(M01C, M4)