Tightness vs. Contracture

Tightnessnoun

The quality or degree of being tight

Tightnessnoun

The quality or condition of being tight.

Tightnessnoun

a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

Tightnessnoun

extreme stinginess

Tightnessnoun

lack of movement or room for movement

Contracturenoun

(medicine) An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle; a deformity so caused.

Contracturenoun

A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.

Contracturenoun

an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle

Contracture

In pathology, a contracture is a permanent shortening of a muscle or joint. It is usually in response to prolonged hypertonic spasticity in a concentrated muscle area, such as is seen in the tightest muscles of people with conditions like spastic cerebral palsy, but can also be due to congenital abnormal development of muscles and connective tissue in the womb.