Comparison of custom-made and prefabricated neoprene splinting in patients with the first carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 232-237

  Bani, Monireh Ahmadi ^a   Arazpour, Mokhtar ^a   Kashani, Reza Vahab ^a   Mousavi, Mohammad Ebrahim ^a   Hutchins, Stephen William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Custom made thumb splint; First carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis; Function; Grip strength; Prefabricated thumb splint

Indexed keywords

NEOPRENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLINT; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPRENE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPLINTS; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875924541     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2012.699992     Document Type: Article

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