作者
Natasha A Lannin, Sally A Horsley, Robert Herbert, Annie McCluskey, Anne Cusick
发表日期
2003/2/1
期刊
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
卷号
84
期号
2
页码范围
297-302
出版商
WB Saunders
简介
Lannin NA, Horsley SA, Herbert R, McCluskey A, Cusick A. Splinting the hand in the functional position after brain impairment: a randomized, controlled trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003;84:297-302.
Objective
To evaluate the effects of 4 weeks of hand splinting on the length of finger and wrist flexor muscles, hand function, and pain in people with acquired brain impairment.
Design
Randomized, assessor-blinded trial.
Setting
Rehabilitation center in Australia.
Participants
Twenty-eight adults with acquired brain impairment, all within 6 months of the first injury. There was 1 withdrawal.
Interventions
Subjects in both experimental (n=17) and control (n=11) groups participated in routine therapy[mdash ]motor training for upper-limb use and upper-limb stretches[mdash ]5 days a week. The experimental group also wore an immobilizing hand splint in the functional position (10[deg ][ndash ]30[deg ] wrist extension) for a …
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