title: Orthotic treatment of the hand. What's new?
abstract: Keeping abreast of the latest orthotic products is challenging. Commercial orthoses need to be critically evaluated for their applicability to the person with rheumatic disease. Custom-made orthoses play an invaluable role in achieving a wide range of therapeutic goals: improving function and pinch, stabilizing individual joints, preventing positional contractures, protecting joints from trauma, stretching the intrinsic muscles, correcting joint- and soft-tissue contractures, and controlling inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Arthritis and Health Educational Resources, San Pedro, CA, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Melvin
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000628:therapy; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000628:therapy; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000628:therapy; D006225:Hand; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000628:therapy; D013585:Synovitis / Q000628:therapy; D014953:Wrist