Children who break a wrist can heal as well in a splint as a cast, a study has discovered. The advantage of a splint is that it can be removed occasionally to wash the arm or let it breathe or ...

In children with wrist fractures, a splint is as effective as a cast and provides greater comfort and easier hygiene, a new study finds. In children with wrist fractures, a splint is as effective ...

Wrist fractures in children can be as effectively ... Of the 96, 46 received a splint and 50 a cast. Their physical function was assessed at the six-week mark by a physiotherapist who didn't ...

Participants were randomly assigned to receive either a prefabricated wrist splint or a short arm cast for four weeks. The primary outcome was physical function at six weeks, measured using the ...

Removable splints and plaster ... fractures of the wrist, particularly in toddlers and preschool infants, which are currently being over-treated with a plaster cast and clinic follow-up ...

One of the most common questions I hear from patients is related to the management and care of a cast ... splints are made with Velcro straps and are removable. You may have seen these used for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A splint may work just as well as a cast in helping children with non-severe wrist fractures heal, a study published Tuesday suggests. The findings, researchers say ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The black Velcro bandage strapped on 3-year-old Ben Crotty's left arm looks like a Rollerblader's wrist ... the cast," Fernandez said. "These are not the 'off-the-rack' splints ...

Topology-optimized splint ... cast for 6 weeks after surgery. Patients were then observed for another 6 weeks of rehabilitation. The primary outcome measure was the Gartland-Werley (GW) wrist ...

In children with wrist fractures, a splint is as effective as a cast and provides greater comfort and easier hygiene, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).