The three mostly affected fingers are splinted in a slightly spread position. That might included fingers without contracture. Splinting is achieved by the (white) metal inlay which is mounted onto the glove. In this case the metal plate is on the palm side but there are also models whith inlays on the outer side of the hand.

2023年1月6日 · What is Dupuytren s Contracture? Also known as Dupuytren s disease, this condition affects the hand and fingers, causing them to bend or curl towards the palm in question. It is caused by thickened or shortened connective tissue (fascia) in the hand that forms lumps or knots, which can eventually cause the fingers to contract or bend.

Surgical release of a Dupuytren's contracture is primarily designed to 'open up' the palm and restore finger extensibility and improve hand function. Past studies of splinting have reported outcomes in terms of total active extension and total active flexion as well as self-reported symptoms, function and disability.

Patient Hand afected Joint and digit splinting regime. The splints were worn initially every night, but discussion with the two patients who were followed up at 24 months indicated that they were able to maintain finger extension by wearing the splint for only three or four nights Table 1 rement in degrees of active MCP or PIP joint extension ...

In this investigation, hand therapists from New Zealand study the effect of hand splinting at night (night extension orthoses) after surgery to release Dupuytren contracture. They asked the questions: are these splints helping? Does everyone need to be splinted after surgery?

Night-time splinting after fasciectomy or dermo-fasciectomy for Dupuytren’s contracture: a pragmatic, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2011/06/23 ed. 2011.12:136.

2024年5月28日 · In some cases, yes, a splint works as a Dupuytren’s Contracture treatment. They are, however, not the ideal form of therapy. Let’s take a look at some of the plus sides and some of this Dupuytren’s Contracture treatment’s downsides. The use of a splint is known to stop a finger contraction from becoming any worse.

Splinting after contracture release for Dupuytren's disease of the hand is widely advocated. The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate the quantity and quality of evidence regarding the effectiveness of splinting in the post-surgical management of Dupuytren's contractures.

2008年4月30日 · This pragmatic randomized controlled trial will provide much needed evidence on the clinical effectiveness of post-operative night splinting in patients who have undergone fasciectomy or dermofasciectomy for Dupuytren's contracture of the hand.

2017年10月4日 · A splinting regime of 20 h a day for 3 months is efficient in both early proliferative untreated hands as aggressive postsurgery recurrence disease. Long-term effects of tension and compression on Dupuytren nodules need more investigation, and the role of splinting in prevention of contractures in the long term is yet unclear.