[Purpose] This study aimed to investigate the degree of straightness of the wrist joint, depending on the use of a wrist splint while opening a bottle cap. Its results may provide data for later studies on preventing accidents at workplaces and improving efficiency. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty Male and Female in their twenties who did not have hand-related diseases, fractures, or history that...

BACKGROUND Service users are increasingly involved in the design of clinical trials and in product and device development. Service user involvement in placebo development is crucial to a credible and acceptable placebo for clinical trials, but such involvement has not yet been reported. AIMS To enhance the design of a future clinical trial of hand splints for thumb-base osteoarthritis (OA), s...

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The purpose of this paper is to examine how speech styles are elaborated for presenting individual personality. Through the narratives of ten selected interviewees, some social norms internalised by them emerged. Age, status and career are associated to the joo/ge (upper/lower) and the senpai/koohai (senior/junior) relationships. Whether it is the first meeting and the length of relationship ar...

Purpose: To determine whether splint material affects the success of non-operative management pediatric forearm fractures treated with sugartong splints.
 Methods: All patients aged 0-18 a traumatic fracture requiring reduction were enrolled prospectively and randomized to fiberglass or plaster splints. Patients closed physes, open, pathologic, non-displaced not reduction, >1 week after...

PURPOSE PTEN is a tumor suppressor gene that was identified on chromosome 10q23. In addition to its original function as a tumor suppressor, this gene product was recently reported to enhance the sensitivity of cancer cells to anticancer agents. It is for the purpose of this study to investigate its function and the mechanisms by which PTEN enhances the sensitivity of ovarian cancer to antitumo...

wafer splints are commonly used in orthog-nathic surgery after osteotomy of the jaws for a correct intraoperative jaw positioning, before the osteosyn-thesis. 1-3 Considerable time and, consequently, high cost are frequently involved in the fabrication of high-quality splints with durable and stable occlusal profile, smooth surfaces, and sufficient elasticity; in addition, a dental technician m...