Abstract Background: Distal Radial fracture is one of the most common fractures of the skeletal system. Although it has been believed to be a simple fracture with excellent outcomes, practical operations’ results have always been undesirable and even poor. The goal of this study was to compare two methods of treatment “pin and plaster and precautious pin fixation in patients with unstable extr...

In a prospective, controlled study 58 patients aged under 60 years with Colles' fractures were treated either by a forearm plaster or by the application of an external fixator. In 94% of those treated by a fixator it was possible to insert the distal pins of the frame into the fracture fragment, the fixation obtained being sufficient to forgo additional splintage. The external fixator proved mo...

1 This work was supported in part by Veterans Administration Contract V663P-505. 2 Director, Prosthetics Research Study, Seattle, Wash. 3 Consultant, Rehabilitation Engineering, Social and Rehabilitation Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. Methods for producing a functional, comfortable, and well-fitting patellartendon-bearing prosthesis have been the subject...

Plaster splinting was used to decrease severe elbow flexor spasticity in a patient with an upper motor neuron lesion. A series of plaster splints were applied over a period of several weeks that allowed elbow extension yet controlled the amount of flexion. The design of the splint was effective in reducing the spasticity, which was probably a result of the input from the golgi tendon organs in ...