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WorksheetsDynamic Splinting
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
A single surface dynamic splint is effective for immobilizing painful joints.
True
False
Creating a mobilizing (a) in a segment resulting in passive assisted motion on a joint or successive joints.
Which ones are the purposes of dynamic splinting except:
It is used to decrease ROM and restore activities
It increases limited ROM.
It uses springs, elastic bands that produce a constant active force to counteract deforming forces of a splint
A circumferential dynamic splint is which straps are used to close the orthosis to create an overlap.
True
False
In dynamic splinting, the longer the force arm, the lesser the advantage.
True
False
In splinting the hand for nerve injuries, hand therapy protocols are not necessary to follow because OTs depend on the referral of doctors.
True
False
This tool is used to bend the orfitube in dynamic splinting
Long nose pliers
Orfitube bender
Springcoil wire
In absence of a dermatograph in making splint patterns, the best substitute is a pencil.
True
False
(a) can gently stretch the tissue because it facilitates tissue growth, resulting in tissue lengthening.
Dynamic splints are perceived by therapists to be difficult to do that is why only 5% of OTs use it in the UK.
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False
