title: A dowel exercise tool to improve finger range of motion.
abstract: A new clinical and home dowel exercise tool to reduce joint stiffness of the fingers is introduced, along with the fabrication and the exercises that are used with it. Patients may utilize it to improve their finger joint range of motion, and facilitate tendon glide by isolating the targeted stiff joints of the fingers.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedic Center of Florida, Fort Myers, FL, USA. Electronic address: zman77@embarqmail.com.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zavala
mesh_terms: D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D013710:Tendons / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Blocking; Exercise; Finger; Glide; Tendon