Splint therapy for trigger finger in children.

Abstract

During the last 9 years, 83 trigger digits in 65 children were treated using a modified coil spring splint which maintains the interphalangeal (IP) joint in neutral extension or hyperextension. Sixty-two digits (75%) were completely healed following splint therapy alone, after an average period of splinting for 9.4 months. Eight digits which did not improve with splinting were surgically treated. Splint therapy to maintain the IP joint in neutral extension or hyperextension proved markedly effective in our series.

• Authors: Y Tsuyuguchi, K Tada, H Kawaii
• Journal: Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation (Arch Phys Med Rehabil) Vol. 64 Issue 2 Pg. 75-6 (Feb 1983) ISSN: 0003-9993 [Print] United States
• PMID: 6824422 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Finger Injuries (complications, therapy)
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Infant
• Male
• Splints
• Tenosynovitis (etiology, therapy)