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A SIMPLE FUNCTIONAL HAND SPLINT FOR C.5/6 QUADRIPLEGIA
Author(s) -
Jones Richard F.,
James Robert
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb116680.x
Subject(s) - splint (medicine) , rehabilitation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , activities of daily living , physical therapy , splints , simple (philosophy) , orthodontics , philosophy , epistemology
Described is a simple splint, for the use in C.5/6 quadriplegia, which is powered by means of the patient's residual muscles and gravity. Provision of the splint allows the quadriplegic prehension, which enables him to perform some of the activities of daily living. It is useful both in the early phases of rehabilitation, involving occupational therapy and physiotherapy, and as a definitive splint in cases in which the provision of costly, powered orthoses is precluded