Ms.Peters is a student nurse working with a home care nurse.They visit an elderly client who has contractures.Miss Peters asks the nurse,"What is the physiological reason for contractures?" How will the nurse respond?
A) Flexor muscles are stronger than extensor muscles
B) Muscle mass loss affects only extensor muscles
C) Hyperextension of the joints of the arms and legs
D) Repetitive flexor and ulnar adduction
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