Splints

12/01/2004 - "Reporting quality of most studies as assessed with the Jadad score ranged from 1 to 5. Based on the currently best available evidence it appears that most patients with masticatory muscle pain are helped by the incorporation of a stabilization splint. "
09/01/2011 - "Anterior positioning splint therapy appears to be the best treatment method for reduction of pain and joint sounds in patients with TMD, compared with the other two methods studied."
11/01/2005 - "For most tasks splint use improved or did not change pain levels, did not interfere with work performance, increased or maintained endurance, and did not increase perceived task difficulty. "
10/15/2004 - "The custom leather splint was most effective in reducing pain, from 4.1 cm to 2.8 cm on the VAS (P = 0.001). "
02/01/2009 - "Foot and Ankle International, 8, 606-611) study also showed significant reduction in pain after night splint treatment. "

01/01/2004 - "Even in the most studied area, stabilization splints for myofascial face pain, the results do not justify definite conclusions about the efficacy of splint therapy. "
01/01/2014 - "After splint treatment for 8 weeks, a significant reduction in orofacial pain frequency and intensity was reported, and significant improvement in TMJ function was observed. "
06/01/2015 - "The findings of this study did not show stabilisation splint treatment to be more effective in decreasing facial pain than masticatory muscle exercises and counselling alone in the treatment of TMD-related facial pain over a 1-year follow-up."
01/01/2013 - "Overall, the improvement in both signs and symptoms of orofacial pain was observed 81.4 % of patients after using occlusal stabilization splint for 6 months. "
07/01/1982 - "This preliminary study suggests that short-term splint therapy is effective in eliminating mild to moderate facial pain and dysfunction while reducing bruxistic behaviour. "

08/01/2015 - "Mandibular advancement splints (MAS) are an effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); however, therapeutic response is variable. "
04/15/2013 - "Continuous positive airway pressure versus the mandibular advancing splint: are they equally effective in obstructive sleep apnea management?"
04/15/2013 - "Mandibular advancement splint as short-term alternative treatment in patients with obstructive sleep apnea already effectively treated with continuous positive airway pressure."
01/04/2013 - "Mandibular advancement splints (MAS), which protrude the lower jaw during sleep, are recognized as an effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) through their action of enlarging the airway space and preventing upper airway collapse. "
04/01/2007 - "It has been recognized that mandibular advancement splint (MAS) treatment is effective in some, but not all, patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). "

10/01/1997 - "She was diagnosed with "phantom" carpal tunnel syndrome and treated with a resting wrist splint, decreased weight bearing on the left upper limb, and two corticosteroid carpal tunnel injections with marked improvement. "
01/01/1995 - "To determine whether splints are effective in decreasing symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome during pregnancy. "
01/01/2009 - "To examine, in a randomized, controlled, single blinded trial, the efficacy of a soft hand brace and a wrist splint for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). "
01/01/2009 - "Efficacy of a soft hand brace and a wrist splint for carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized controlled study."
06/01/2006 - "The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term efficacy of night-only splint wear therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). "

07/01/2007 - "The treatment was successful in 11 cases, partial improvement in 3, poor correction in 4, and recurrence in 2. The splint therapy is an easy nonsurgical method for the treatment of congenital auricular deformities that applied during the first weeks of life provides good aesthetic results in more than 50% of the patients."
06/01/2006 - "We found that the correlation between the clinical and radiological assessment of residual deformity improved significantly for these values when a splint was used to obtain stress views. "
05/01/1990 - "Mild deformities responded well to splints and stretching. "
11/01/1973 - "Constructing an improved splint for mallet finger deformity."
07/01/2013 - "This study evaluates the clinical results of a bone splint technique for the treatment of lower limb deformities in children with type I OI. "