Flex-E-Core Splints Work:
- Now the GRIPing hand splint and RESTing hand splint and Dorsal Hand splint have Strap Application Numbering (EASY 1-2-3 PRO-WHFO with moldable Flex-E-Core)
- helping you improve Outcomes keeping you in Control… transforming lives; the softer interface covering the Flex e core frame allows near unlimited adjustment with it’s Volara Foam covered structure. Adjust it as you need it; no tools or heat needed. Throw it on a table top or chair back or bed frame and bend it EXACTLY as you need it; change it as the patient’s condition changes. Used in LEEDer GRIP Hand Splint WHFO; LEEDer REST Hand Splint WHFO; Multi Use Boot and Night Splint; VCO/LSO Lumbo Sacral Back Splint and others.
so that everyone can see at a glance the proper strap application procedure…saving you time by eliminating call backs for re-fittings and allowing the end user the proper understanding of application
- compare these splints to all the others…LEEDer hand Splints are Lightweight, compare the Comy splint made of heavy metal plates; it feels like a brick. LEEDer hand splints are feather light with a protective medical grade Volara foam structure
- Click Video to see Flex-E-Core Technology in the MULTI USE BOOT
More Control…Better Outcomes…Transforming Lives
- Multi USE adjusts for Plantar Fasciitis, Dorsiflexion as a Night Splint, recumbent heel pressure relief, wound control, Heel Float, inversion or eversion, or toe walking.
Click Video to see how easy the Flex-E-Core adjusts…it’s light weight and soft to the touch
- Read more about Soft versus Hard hand splints REST GRIP DORSAL now with 1-2-3 application strap numbering
Soft versus hard resting hand splints in rheumatoid arthritis: pain relief, preference, and compliance.
Callinan NJ, Mathiowetz V
Sister Kenny Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- OBJECTIVES
This study compared soft versus hard resting hand splints on pain and hand function in 39 persons with rheumatoid arthritis. Splint preference was also evaluated to determine its effects on splint wear compliance.
- METHOD
A repeated measures research design was used to compare the two experimental conditions, wearing a soft splint versus a hard splint on the dominant hand for 28 days at night only, and an unsplinted control period of 28 days.
- RESULTS
Arthritis pain was considerably less during both splinted periods when compared with the pretest. Subjects identified fewer joints as being painful during the soft splint condition than during the unsplinted condition. There were no significant differences among conditions on hand function measures. Splint preference was 57% for the soft splint, 33% for the hard splint, and 10% for no splint. Splint wear compliance was significantly better with the soft splint (82%) than with the hard splint (67%).
- CONCLUSION
The findings indicate that resting hand splints are effective for pain relief and that persons with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to prefer and comply with soft splint use for this purpose. Individualized splint prescription that focuses on client comfort and preference may enhance splint wear compliance.
Publication Types: Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial
PMID: 8728664 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]