Transcription of Relative Motion Splint: Active Motion ... - Hand Foundation
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SURGICAL TECHNIQUER elative Motion Splint: Active Motion AfterExtensor Tendon Injury and RepairWyndell H. Merritt, MDThe Relative Motion splint was initially developed to facilitate postoperative rehabilitation afterrepair of extensor tendon injuries at the dorsumof the handand forearm. It has subsequentlybeenused for rehabilitation of sagittal band injuries and after repair of closed attrition extensor tendonruptures in rheumatoid arthritis. This is much less awkward than other braces and can readily beworn during normal past-time and work activities.
stiffness, or dynamic splinting that may (or may not) provide passive gliding of the injured tendon but re-quires wearing an awkward device.1 More recently, early active “short arc motion” is proposed for ex-tensor tendon injuries of the finger, but this requires careful monitoring and intensive therapy with active
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