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  2. Splint (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    For instance, a splint can be used for certain fractures, soft tissue sprains, tendon injuries, or injuries awaiting orthopedic treatment. A splint may be static, not allowing motion, or dynamic, allowing controlled motion. Splints can also be used to relieve pain in damaged joints. Splints are quick and easy to apply and do not require a ...

  3. Hypertonia - Wikipedia

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    Aside from static stretch casting, splinting techniques are extremely valuable to extend joint range of motion lost to hypertonicity. [12] A more unconventional method for limiting tone is to deploy quick repeated passive movements to an involved joint in cyclical fashion; this has also been demonstrated to show results on persons without ...

  4. Congenital clasped thumb - Wikipedia

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    Treatment of all categories of congenital clasped thumbs should start with either serial plaster casting or wearing a static or dynamic splint for a period of six months, [5] while massaging the hand. Extension by splinting shows reduction of the flexion contracture.

  5. Dupuytren's contracture - Wikipedia

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    The splint is used to provide prolonged stretch to the healing tissues and prevent flexion contractures. Although splinting is a widely used post-operative intervention, evidence of its effectiveness is limited, [79] leading to variation in splinting approaches. Most surgeons use clinical experience to decide whether to splint. [80]

  6. Traction splint - Wikipedia

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    A traction splint most commonly refers to a splinting device that uses straps attaching over the pelvis or hip as an anchor, a metal rod(s) to mimic normal bone stability and limb length, and a mechanical device to apply traction (used in an attempt to reduce pain, realign the limb, and minimize vascular and neurological complication) to the limb.

  7. Orthotics - Wikipedia

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    A pair of AFO (Ankle Foot Orthosis) braces being used to aid bilateral foot drop. Orthotics (Greek: Ορθός, romanized: ortho, lit. 'to straighten, to align') is a medical specialty that focuses on the design and application of orthoses, sometimes known as braces, calipers, or splints. [1]

  8. Spica splint - Wikipedia

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    A spica splint is a type of orthopedic splint used to immobilize the thumb and/or wrist while allowing the other digits freedom to move. It is used to provide support for thumb injuries (ligament instability, sprain or muscle strain), gamekeeper's thumb, osteoarthritis, de Quervain's syndrome or fractures of the scaphoid, lunate, or first metacarpal. [1]

  9. Talk:Splint (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Splints made by occupational therapists are not just static splints, there is dynamic and functional dynamic also. Occupational therapist can make any type of splints (made from thermoplastic material) for the upper & lower extremities.

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