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I think you might mean Arthrogryposis. This a congenital abnormality in which fibrous ankylosis of some or all of the limb joints occurs. Fibrous Ankylosis is stiffness created by fibrosis of muscle tissue. This is where muscle tissue takes on a similarity to scar tissue and therefore becomes inflamed losing elastisity, healing ability is also impaired. This is a painfull condition which is probably best treated with Steroidal Anti- inflammatory drugs Arthrogryposis is also another name for a Tetanus spasm where the central nervous system is effected by wound contamination by the soil bacterium Clostridium tetani.
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