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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.

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

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
3
10
14
10

How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
3
2
1
3
Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 9 90% Other: 90%
Did not seem to work 1 10% Did not seem to work: 10%
Not indicated 1 10% Not indicated: 10%

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)

  • SouthernPoet
    Sex: M
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: severe
    Chest: moderate
    Legs: severe
  • SouthernPoet
  • by SouthernPoet
    Jun 18, 2009
  • EfficacyNone
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Fingers curl

  • froginmadison
    Sex: M
    Mouth/throat: moderate
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: mild
    Legs: moderate
  • froginmadison
  • by froginmadison
    Jun 07, 2009
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsMild
  • Fingers curl
Advice/Tips
can't use that hand

See all evaluation results for Hand splints

Report created on November 08, 2009.