Volkmann's contracture - contraction of the fingers and sometimes of the wrist, or of analogous parts of the foot, with loss of power, after severe injury or improper use of a tourniquet or cast in the region of the elbow.
Volkmann's disease - congenital deformity of the foot due to tibiotarsal dislocation.
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