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In straight leg traction (Buck’s extension) the force of counter traction is supplied by friction (between the patient and the bed) and also by:

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In straight leg traction (Buck’s extension) the force of counter traction is supplied by friction (between the patient and the bed) and also by:

  1. the component of the patient’s weight that is perpendicular to the bed.
  2. the component of the patient’s weight that is parallel to the bed.
  3. gravity acting on the hanging mass.
  4. using cords to attach the patient to the head of the bed.
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waelhammad
2022-10-22
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B: The bed is tilted head down so that patient is tending to side away from the traction mass. 

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