Flexible arm splints in the control of a Lesch-Nyhan victim's finger biting and a profoundly retarded client's finger sucking.
Flexible arm splints permit the control of hand-to-mouth contacts without restricting range of motion. In the present study they effectively suppressed the self-injurious finger biting of a child with Lesch-Nyhan disease and a profoundly retarded client's stereotypic finger sucking. They appear to offer an easily applied and much less restrictive alternative to the soft-tie and tubular arm restraints in common use.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005386:Fingersucking / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D007926:Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000295:instrumentation; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*