Background Splints/orthoses are often recommended to patients with rheumatoid arthritis
(RA) to decrease pain, reduce swelling, and/or prevent deformity. These orthoses include …

Occupational therapy (OT) is widely provided for people with chronic musculoskeletal
conditions. The aims are to improve their ability to perform daily occupations (ie activities …

Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of static resting splints in early RA. Methods. A
multicentre, randomized, trial was conducted. Patients (n= 120) received either static resting …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the scientific evidence that supports each of the explicit process
measures in the Arthritis Foundation's Quality Indicator Set for Rheumatoid Arthritis …

This paper reports a matched-pair experimental study to investigate the effect of corrective
splinting on flexion contracture of rheumatoid fingers. Twenty-four patients with rheumatoid …

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), formerly known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, is the most
common rheumatic disease of childhood. 1 It is not single disease, but rather it refers to all …

Static orthoses are recommended for individuals who have early rheumatoid arthritis
(Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, 2002; College of Occupational Therapists …

In the management of hand injuries resulting from trauma or diseases like rheumatoid
arthritis, hand therapists often design static and dynamic splints to rest and protect joints …

Hand splinting in rehabilitation has a long tradition and represents a well-established
clinical treatment method. There are various therapeutic goals in hand splinting, from …

A splint is a device consisting of bone, wood, metal, polymers, composites, or plaster of Paris
that is used to stabilise, join, or protect a damaged body part. It may be movable or …