What's the difference between traction and tractive?
Traction
Definition:
(n.) The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.
(n.) Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.
(n.) Attraction; a drawing toward.
(n.) The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) After 3-5 days of side-arm traction, swelling had usually diminished sufficiently to allow the elbow to be safely hyperflexed to stabilize the fracture after elective closed reduction.
(2) The effects exerted on the cervical spine by a traction of 150 N was studied by means of an improved radiographic technique.
(3) The tractional resistance carried out on the laminate fronts where a treatment of only silane and resin of connection was applied, was greater where the treatment of silane was employed.
(4) Although the entire cohort of neck patients, regardless of group assignment, improved significantly on all the outcome variables over the 6-week period, patients receiving intermittent traction performed significantly better than those assigned to the no traction group in terms of pain (P = 0.03), forward flexion (P = 0.01), right rotation (P = 0.004) and left rotation (P = 0.05).
(5) In a group of 35 patients with cervical painful syndromes due to degenerative changes the authors applied traction treatment together with pharmacological agents.
(6) To avoid the complications attributable to the cervical spine, we recommend roentgenographic examination in all neurofibromatosis patients who are about to have general anesthesia or skull traction for treatment of scoliosis.
(7) Traction spurs with segmental hypermobility were found more commonly at the L4-5 level in patients whose spines were not fused, particularly women.
(8) Eight macerated human child skulls with a dental age of approximately 9.5 years (mixed dentition) were consecutively subjected to an experimental standardized high-pull headgear traction system attached to the maxilla at the first permanent molar area via an immovable acrylic resin splint covering all teeth.
(9) Kirschner improved the wire traction procedure decisevely.
(10) The pair arrived back in the office shortly before 6pm, as reports that the incident was a terrorist attack began to gain traction.
(11) The procedure consists of a Kirschner wire used as the means of traction on the remaining soft tissue of the lower lip, using the upper teeth or pyriform aperture bone as remote fixed points for tissue traction.
(12) Normal neck-shaft angle accounted to 53.1% in the traction group.
(13) Most arteries follow a straight course because they are stretched by longitudinal traction.
(14) Postoperatively, the patient is placed in traction for a time and then is allowed to walk with non-weight-bearing.
(15) It was also recorded that patients with edematous fibroplastic process in the central zone accompanied by vitreoretinal tractions often develop equatorial dystrophies, this being a risk factor of retinal detachment.
(16) Peroneal nerve traction does not result in abnormalities of the dorsalis pedis pulse, pain on passive muscle stretch or a tense anterior tibial compartment.
(17) It is concluded that the coefficient of limiting friction obtained during full-sole contact with the floor is a suitable means of distinguishing between tractional qualities of shoes.
(18) Patients with a femoral neck fracture often undergo skeletal traction until surgery.
(19) Retinal traction can be counteracted by the oil up to a calculated threshold value, depending on the size and shape of the tear, the strength of the surface tension and, most importantly, the distance between the retina and choroid.
(20) An area of translucence around a dense zone, appearing more clearly with traction, is suspicious.
Tractive
Definition:
(a.) Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power.
Example Sentences:
(1) Maximal tractive force (pop-off) was measured for each device at 10-degrees increments from the vertical.
(2) At increasing angles of off-axis traction, maximal tractive force decreased in the following order: Silc, silicone elastomer, Tender-Touch, M-Type, Mity-Vac, O'Neill, Malmstrom, and Posterior.
(3) From the specifics of the contusions and complicated osseous-articular injuries around the shoulder, the mechanisms of injury in each type may be suggests as follows: type I and II; tractive force of attached muscular tendons, type III and IV; shearing force acting between the scapula shifting inward due to blow from the lateral aspect of the shoulder and the clavicle countering this movement, and type V; unspecified.
(4) (3) Resistance for deflection of face-bows in the case of tractive force for closing loops.
(5) The main cause of fractures of the superior scapular margin was considered to be the tractive force of the superior transverse scapular ligament, because almost all cases of subtype A were complicated with them.
(6) Application of oblique traction resulted in a linear decline in maximal tractive force.
(7) Multivariate regression analysis described the best model as follows: Maximal tractive force = Constant + Angle + Vacuum (p < 0.05).
(8) It possesses suitable tractive and occlusive forces while minimizing the mechanical forces applied to the vessel walls.
(9) Specialized medical care and health control carried out by central health institutions of tractive unit drivers in shift work suffering from glaucoma or wearing contact lenses, of car drivers with ancylosing spondylitis and unilateral anophthalmic wearer of contact lenses, in all operations specific for transport if intraocular lenses as well as for work in areas with malaria risk and cloroquine prophylaxis ensues.
(10) This environment mimics the partial orientation of the collagen fibers produced by the tractive forces of the cells within collagen networks.
(11) Changes in cell surface activity appear to play a significant role in establishing the necessary 'foothold' component of invasion and, possibly, in the generation of tractive force as well.
(12) An electronic recording system was devised to provide continuous monitoring of the tractive load resulting from distraction of the leg during the elongation procedure.
(13) At high vacuums, all showed large amounts of tractive force and high forces per unit area.
(14) The applied tensile tractive force between skull and pelvis of the Halo Pelvic Distraction appliance has been measured using a simple compression spring device.
(15) At their recommended working pressures, they allowed a maximum of 18-20 kg of tractive force to assist in a delivery.
(16) The retinal hemorrhages were equally distributed among the infants, irrespective of the tractive force applied or the neurobehavioral assessment.
(17) Infants delivered by the use of extensive tractive force showed no greater incidence of neuropathology than those delivered with less tractive force.
(18) Fifty clinically indicated vacuum extractions were studied to evaluate a possible relationship between neurobehavioral abnormality, retinal hemorrhages and the tractive force used for delivery.
(19) In the test system, a linear relationship emerged between applied vacuum and maximal tractive force for all of the vacuum extractors.