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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

North Carolina point guard Kendall Marshall had the cast removed from his fractured right wrist on Wednesday and is now wearing a removable splint, the player's father said. "All I know is he got ...

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 ...