Ahmad A. Fannoon, M.Sc., Hand Therapist.
Splints, braces, and devices!
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
Orthopaedic Specialty Clinics, Jeddah, KSA.
CTS
Carpal tunnel bounded by carpal bones dorsally & transverse carpal ligament volarly.
CTS
Compression of median nerve within confines of carpal tunnel
CTS etiology includes:
– Inflammation due to repetitive use.
– Metabolic conditions.
– Trauma.
– Tumors.
– Pregnancy.
CTS symptoms includes:
– Numbness.
– Nocturnal burning pain.
– Clumsiness – dropping objects.
– Occasionally pain may radiate proximally to shoulder and ear.
CTS symptoms includes:
– Diminished sensation in median nerve distribution. – Atrophy of thenar muscles. – Weakness of abductor pollicis brevis. – + Tinel’s sign. – + Phalen’s / reverse Phalen’s sign.
Literature Review 1. Fabricated and
customized neutral wrist & MCP splint.
2. Off-the-shelf 200 wrist extension splint.
3. Fabricated & customized neutral wrist splint.
4. C-TRAC™ device. 5. ManuTM hand brace. 6. Pil-O-Splint. 7. Dynasplint®. 8. The Carpal
SolutionTM.
Fabricated & customized neutral wrist & MCP splint
Off-the-shelf 200 wrist extension splint
Fabricated & customized neutral wrist splint
C-TRAC Device
Manu Hand Brace
Pil-O-Splint
Dynasplint for CTS
The Carpal Solution
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