Rigid cast is better than a splint if the fracture is displaced, says the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).

Learn to make a splint on the go with these detailed step-by-step instructions. When faced with an emergency injury such as a broken leg, a homemade splint can be an appropriate response while ...

TRADITIONAL broken bone (fracture) splints are locally made pieces of wood knitted together with either pieces of clothes, banana fibres, or sisal to form a rigid framework that can be used to ...

A study says that over 90 percent of potential pediatric fractures are splinted improperly in emergency rooms.

Ninety-three percent of the splints used to immobilize fractured limbs temporarily are not put on correctly, according to the study of pediatric patients in the Baltimore area. And that can lead ...

A splint may work just as well as a cast in helping children with non-severe wrist fractures heal, a study published Tuesday suggests.

Published results showed patients who received a topology-optimized splint had better functional outcomes after distal radius fracture surgery compared with patients who received traditional cast ...

Two-time Group 1 winner Soul Rush will miss the summer racing season with a fracture to his left fourth metacarpal bone, or splint bone, reports Daily Sports.

Study: Splints placed improperly in 93 percent of suspected pediatric fractures University of Maryland researchers found improper splinting in emergency rooms/urgent care centers often caused ...

TRADITIONAL broken bone (fracture) splints are locally made pieces of wood knitted together with either pieces of clothes, banana fibres, or sisal to form a rigid framework that can be used to ...