[Role of the articular immobilization position in prevention of post-traumatic rigidity in humans].

The position in which the articulation is immobilized is in fact the pattern in which capsular fibrosis and of the connective tissue is settled. It will also determine the degree of remanent articular mobility. The author does not recommend immobilization in the so-called "functional" position since this does not prevent the developement of articular rigidity and is even responsible for their developement. In view of maintaining the articular function when the articulation itself is involved or when it is immobilized due to lesions in its vicinity, immobilization should be made in a position allowing for maximal elongation of the connective fibers in the area which depends from the vascular and nervous viewpoint from the traumatic lesion, or that which is involved by surgery, that is in positions which are quite different from those used at present.