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Soft playing splint for protection of significant hand and wrist injuries in sports

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Section of Sports Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

Garron G. Weiker, MD

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Section of Sports Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

Jack T. Andrish, MD

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Section of Sports Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

Rick Hall, RPT, ATC

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Section of Sports Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

A simple custom-made soft splint has been devised to allow safe sports participation for significant hand and wrist injuries. Made from readily available materials, this "rubber splint" has been used successfully in 113 injuries reviewed in this report. This splint is a result of a modification of an original "Duke" splint described by Dobson, Davis, Lincoln, and Basset, (Exhibit at American Academy of Orthopaedic Sur geons, San Francisco, California, 1971) and the soft cast used at the University of Virginia by McCue and Gieck (personal communication).

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