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Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 73-76 (January 2010)


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The Hand Arc—A Hand-based Splint Design for Intraarticular Fractures

Sarah Baier, MScOT, CHTCorresponding Author Informationemail address, Mike Szekeres, BScOT, CHT

published online 02 November 2009.

When a fracture of the finger is intraarticular in nature, it adds another dimension to the rehabilitation program, as the joint space is affected and subsequently gaining motion can be a challenge. Traction splinting has been reported in the literature as one way to manage intraarticular finger fractures in an attempt to provide stability while allowing motion. These authors have modified some of the original traction splints to create a hand-based version to use for the patients with an intraarticular, proximal interphalangeal joint fracture.—Victoria Priganc, PhD, OTR, CHT, CLT, Practice Forum Editor

Hand and Upper Limb Centre, St. Joseph's Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada

Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests to Sarah Baier, MScOT, CHT, St. Joseph's Health Care, 268 Grosvenor Street, Monsignor Roney Building, London, Ontario N6A 4L6, Canada.

PII: S0894-1130(09)00081-7

doi:10.1016/j.jht.2009.07.006


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