OBJECTIVES This study compared soft versus hard resting hand splints on pain and hand function in 39 persons with rheumatoid arthritis. Splint preference was also evaluated to determine its effects on splint wear compliance. METHOD A repeated measures research design was used to compare the two experimental conditions, wearing a soft splint versus a hard splint on the dominant hand for 28 day...

The results are reported from a study of 103 cases fitted with the knee splint harness (KSH) which is an orthotic device used for the treatment of congenital subluxation and dislocation of the hip. The knee splint harness consists of a harness attached to posterior plastic shells at the knee which prevent flexion beyond 90 degrees while permitting full and free knee extension. No case was encou...

Splinting is the standard of care for stabilization of replanted or repositioned permanent teeth following trauma. The present experimental study compared four dental trauma splints in 10 volunteers. The evaluated splints included a wire-composite splint (WCS), a button-bracket splint (BS), a resin splint (RS), and a new device (TTS=Titanium Trauma Splint) specifically developed for splinting t...

Scaphoid stress fractures are rare injuries that have been described in young, high-level athletes who exhibit repetitive loading with the wrist in extension. We present a case of an occult scaphoid stress fracture in a 22-year-old female Division I collegiate shot-putter. She was successfully treated with immobilization in a thumb spica splint for 6 weeks. Loaded wrist extension activities can...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of peripheral intravenous (IV) cannula site joint immobilisation by splint application on functional duration of peripheral IV cannula in neonates. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital. PARTICIPANTS Neonates requiring continuous IV infusion for an expected duration of more than or equal to 7...

Introduction: Radial nerve injury is comparatively a common occurrence. Recovery, however, depends on the level of injury. Medication, rest and surgery are among treatment regime, although, Orthotic splints frequently used in its management to compensate for failure motor power. The aim this study was modify existing design fabricate an adjustable Dynamic Hand Splint utilizing locally sourced m...

Objectives: Flexion contracture in fingers of hands is a complication of Dupuytren's contracture and cannot be stopped by the progressive course. The aim of this study was to review the effect of splinting in corrective of contracture after Dupuytren's contracture surgery. Methods: To carry out this research, a kind of systematic evidence-based review process (Duffy 2005) was used. For data...

seen by me on the 20th July, 1927, (70 days after the lesion). The boy refused prolonged treatment at the time, but came back on the 12th September, 1927, (122 days after the lesion). In addition to the wristdrop there was wasting of all the extensor muscles of the forearm, the supinator longus being particularly atrophied. There was no sensory change. The wrist was fixed in a hyper-extended po...

Abstract Mobility and support are two structural properties that often mutually exclusive. However, combining them could enhance the performance of mechanical components, offer novel technical applications. Here through implementation a bioinspired interlocking mechanism in design supportive, yet mobile, wrist splint, we tackled conflicting combination properties. We elaborated our into technol...