Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2695409 Journal of Hand Therapy 2006 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

We all have many occasions to splint the stiff elbow, especially to overcome flexion contratures, but the functional requirement of 130 + degrees of elbow flexion is also an important clinical reality requiring end range splinting in no small number of cases. The author presents an analysis of the theoretical forces acting upon the elbow in two types of splints at various angles of flexion.—Peggy Fillion, OTR, CHT, Practice Forum Editor

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