con·tin·u·ous pas·sive mo·tion ma·chine

(CPM machine) (kŏn-tin-yū'ŭs pas'iv mō'shŭn mă'shēn)

Device used to promote normal movement, prevent stiffness, and relieve pain after surgery or injury to major joints of upper and lower extremities.

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If you have had a knee replaced, your therapist might send you home with a continuous passive motion machine. The hope is that the device, which extends and then bends your legs, will control pain and speed recovery.

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And like Flintoff, who hopes to play international one-day cricket in the New Year, she also used a Continuous Passive Motion machine to bend her knee up to 1,500 times a day during nine months on the sidelines.

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"My knee was hooked up to a Continuous Passive Motion machine hours after surgery to prevent scar tissue," recalls Lam.

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The only exercise his wounded knee is permitted until the end of October is from a state-of-the-art Continuous Passive Motion machine, which flexes the joint mechanically 1,500 times a day.

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