Splinting the degenerative basal joint: Custom-made or prefabricated neoprene?

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-406

  Weiss, Susan ^a,c   Lastayo, Paul ^b   Mills, Amy ^c   Bramlet, Dale ^c  

^a Florida   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c All Florida Orthopaedic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOPRENE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SPLINT; SPLINTING; SUBLUXATION; THUMB; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; X RAY;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; NEOPRENE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTICS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPLINTS; THUMB; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 8644244042     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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