DIAGNOSIS SPLINT PURPOSE

BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY FLAIL ARM SPLINT FOR POSITIONING

RADIAL NERVE INJURY COLDITZ SPLINT RADIAL N. SPLINT - TO ASSIST WITH PARTIAL WRIST MOTION & FINGER EXTENSION

- USED FOR FUNCTION. IT ASSISTS THE DIGITS WITH EXTENSION TO

RELEASE AN OBJECT.

- RESTING HAND SPLINT FOR NIGHT USE TO PREVENT ANY FLEXION

CONTRACTURES
MEDIAN NERVE INJURY OPPONENS SPLINT/ C BAR - OPPONENS SPLINT IS USED TO HOLD THE THUMB IN OPPOSITION TO
THUMB POST USE DURING FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES.

- THENAR WEBSPACER IS USED TO PREVENT THUMB ADDUCTION

CONTRACTURE.

ULNAR NERVE INJURY ANTICLAW SPLINT, LUMBRICAL BAR SPLINT - TO POSITIONS MCP’s IN FLEXION OF DIGITS 4 AND 5

- THE SPLINT IS USED TO PREVENT CLAWING OF THE 4TH AND 5TH

DIGITS.

COMBINED MEDIAN ULNAR FIGURE OF 8 OR LUMBRICAL BAR SPLINT - TO POSITION MCP’s IN FLEXION FOR DIGITS 2-5

- USED TO PREVENT THE HAND FROM ASSUMING THE INTRINSIC

MINUS POSITION
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TENODESIS SPLINT - USED TO FACILITATE GRASP AND RELEASE

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME WRIST SPLINT - SPLINT POSITION IN NEUTRAL

-USED TO DECREASE CARPAL CANAL PRESSURE

(ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT)

CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME ELBOW SPLINT - ELBOW SPLINT POSITIONS AT 30o FLEXION

- USED TO PREVENT ELBOW FLEXION AT NIGHT

TO DECREASE ULNAR NERVE SYMPTOMS

DE QUERVAIN’S THUMB SPLINT - USED TO PLACE THE FIRST DORSAL

COMPARTMENT (APB & EBP) AT REST.
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SKIER’S THUMB (UCL) HANDBASED THUMB SPLINT - USED TO PROTECT THE ULNAR COLLATERAL
LIGAMENT OF THE MCP JOINT OF THE THUMB
UNTIL IT HEALS.

CMC ARTHRITIS HANDBASED THUMB SPLINT - USED TO PLACE THE CMC JT. OF THE THUMB AT
REST UNTIL INFLAMMATION DECREASES.

ULNAR DRIFT ULNAR DRIFT/ DEVIATION SPLINT - USED TO DECREASE PAIN, PROVIDE STABILITY &
REALIGN THE MCP JTS. OF DIGITS 2-5 FOR A
PERSON WITH ARTHRITIC CHANGES.

FLEXOR TENDON INJURY DORSAL PROTECTION SPLINT - USED TO PROTECT THE REPAIR SITE AND TO
ALLOW FOR EARLY CONTROLLED MOBILIZATION
WHILE WEARING THE SPLINT.
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SWAN NECK DEFORMITY SILVER RINGS, BUTTONHOLE/ HYPEREXTENSION BLOCK SPLINT - USED TO PLACE THE PIP JOINT IN SLIGHT
OR DIGITAL DORSAL IN SLIGHT PIP FLEXION FLEXION TO PREVENT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
OF SWAN NECK DEFORMITY.

BOUTONNIERE DEFORMITY SILVER RINGS OR PIP EXTENSION SPLINT - USED TO PLACE THE PIP JT. IN EXTENSION
TO ALLOW FOR THE LATERAL BANDS TO
MOVE DORSAL TO THE PIP AXIS
- OFTEN COMBINED WITH DIP FLEXION
EXERCISES WHILE WEARING THE SPLINT

ARTHRITIS FUNCTIONAL SPLINT OR SAFE SPLINT (DEPENDING ON STAGE) - USED TO PLACE THE JOINTS AT REST UNTIL
THE INFLAMMATION DECREASES
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FLACCIDITY RESTING/FUNCTIONAL HAND SPLINT - USED TO PREVENT JOINT CONTRACTURES

& HOLD THE HAND IN A POSITION OF
FUNCTION UNTIL MUSCLE RETURNS
OCCURS. COMMONLY WORN AT NIGHT &
ON AND OFF THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SPASTICITY SPASTICITY SPLINT - USED TO PREVENT JT. CONTRACTURE

OR
CONE SPLINT

MUSCLE WEAKNESS FOR
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
SPINAL CORD INJURY
GUILLAIN- BARRE SYNDROME
BALANCED FOREARM ORTHOSIS, DELTOID/ SUSPENSION - USED TO SUPPORT PROXIMAL UE TO
ALLOW TO USE THE DISTAL EXTREMITY
SLING DURING ACTIVITIES & EATING
- PREVENTS LOSS OF SHOULDER MOTIONS
- MOUNTS TO WHEELCHAIR

HAND BURNS WRIST 150-300 EXTENSION; MCP 500-700 FLEXION; - USED TO MAINTAIN SOFT TISSUE
STRUCTURES IN A SAFE POSITION
IP’s FULL EXTENSION