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splints
Question | Answer |
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brachial plexus injury | flail arm splint |
radial nerve palsy | dynamic wrist, finger, and thumb extension splint |
median nerve injury | opponens splint, C bar, or thumb post splint |
ulnar nerve injury | dynamic/static splint to position MPs in flexion |
combined median ulnar | figure of 8 or dynamic MCP flexion splint |
spinal cord (c6-c7) | tenodesis splint |
carpal tunnel syndrome | wrist splint positioned in neutral |
cubital tunnel syndrome | elbow splint positions at 30 deg flexion |
dequervians | thumb splint, includes wrist, IP joint free |
skier's thumb | hand based thumb splint |
CMC arthritis | hand based thumb splint |
ulnar drift | ulnar drift splint |
flexor tendon injury | dorsal protection splint |
swan neck | silver rings or buttonhole splint |
boutonniere deformity | silver rings or PIP extension splint |
arthritis | functional splint or safe splint depending on stage |
flaccidity | resting hand splint |
spasticity | spasticity splint (abduct fingers) or cone splint |
hand burns | wrist 15 to 30 deg extension, MCP 50-70 deg flexion, and IPs in full extension |