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Hand splints Treatment Report
What is Hand splints? Hand splints are used for the treatment of contractures and to prevent and ameliorate existing conditons.
Reasons used
70 patients in the community are using or have used Hand splints.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Fingers curl | 23 | 32% |
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 15 | 21% |
| Other | 10 | 14% |
| disease-related symptoms | 5 | 7% |
| Loss of manual dexterity | 2 | 2% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 2 | 2% |
| General health | 2 | 2% |
| weakness | 2 | 2% |
| Mobility | 1 | 1% |
| Weakness in hand | 1 | 1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been using Hand splints or how long patients were using Hand splints before stopping.
How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Hand splints
How Long Patients Used Before Stopping
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 6 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Slight | 100% | 1 |
|---|
Mobility
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 33% | 2 |
| None | 67% | 4 |
Top reported side-effects include: as above, painful
Summary results are based on 6 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 6)
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- SouthernPoet
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: severe
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: severe
- See profile
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by SouthernPoet
Jun 18, 2009
- EfficacyNone
- Side-effectsNone
- Fingers curl
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- froginmadison
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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by froginmadison
Jun 07, 2009
- EfficacySlight
- Side-effectsMild
- Fingers curl
- Advice/Tips
- can't use that hand
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 08, 2009.