Stretch Devices for Joint Stiffness and Contractures

Stretching, Bracing, and Devices for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis ...

Many patients with osteoarthritis (OA) develop range of motion (ROM) restrictions in their affected joints (contractures), associated with ...

Contractures - Physiopedia

Management options for joint contractures include passive stretching, splinting, application of serial plasters, joint mobilization, injection of botulinum ...

721 Patient-Controlled End of Range Motion Stretching Devices

and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index(WOMAC) scores with serial stretch devices for the knee ... progressive stretch in posttraumatic elbow contractures.

Contracture Management - Neurological Rehabilitation - Treatments

Structured range of movement program – including passive and active movements to increase circulation, provide joint lubrication and to stretch soft tissues.

Low Load Prolonged Duration Stretch (LLPS) Devices - PacificSource

... joint stiffness due to joint trauma, fractures, burns, head and spinal cord injuries, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral ...

Contracture Management - Melbourne - Orthotics Plus

The person wearing the brace can still perform daily activities while the joint receives continuous passive stretching. These braces are custom-made and highly ...

For authorization, please complete this form, include patient ... - Pehp

PRIOR AUTHORIZATION for MECHANICAL STRETCHING DEVICES for CONTRACTURE and JOINT STIFFNESS. For authorization, please complete this form, include patient ...

Can assistive technology help improve stiff joints caused ... - Cochrane

Assistive technologies are devices that use electrical currents or mechanical means (e.g. splinting) to stretch muscles and soft tissues. What ...

Different Methods to Correct Contractures - Hesperian Health Guides

Exercises to correct contractures — stretching exercises ... CAUTION! To avoid damaging the limb, hold it near the joint, as shown. It is acceptable if the ...

Mechanical Stretching Devices including Dynamic Splinting Devices

Treatment of joint stiffness/contractures may include physical therapy, manipulation ... devices for the stiff proximal interphalangeal joint: A ...

Joint Contracture Splinting To Improve Mobility & Range Of Motion ...

Kinex carries a variety of joint contracture devices. Joint contracture splinting is used to ... Joint Stiffness – ROM Deficit. Joint stiffness splinting is ...

Contractures | PM&R KnowledgeNow

Stretching can be further facilitated through therapeutic heating modalities. Heating the soft tissue structures around the joint improves ...

Contractures After Stroke: How to Prevent & Reverse Them

Additionally, stretching can be performed with the help of a caregiver or friend as well as by using adaptive equipment such as a strap or cane.

Use of a static progressive stretch orthosis to treat post-traumatic ...

Little literature regarding the use of orthotic stretch devices to increase range-of-motion in patients with ankle stiffness. Similar studies ...

Arthrogryposis - Seattle Children's

As your child grows, their muscles, tendons and other soft tissues around their joints might not lengthen at the same rate. This can cause contractures to come ...

Dynamic Splinting for Increased Range of Motion - Virginia ...

If you have an injury, surgery, or disease, and have been immobilized, you know what joint stiffness feels like and how it restricts you. Range ...

Innovating stretch interventions that change muscle-tendon ...

A commonly used treatment for contractures, aimed at increasing the joint range of motion and reducing joint stiffness, is stretching. Stretching acutely ...

Static progressive stretch for the treatment of knee stiffness

Static progressive stretch is a technique in which stress relaxation is applied to a joint, but the displacement is periodically increased as the soft tissue ...

(PDF) Development of an intelligent stretching device for ankle joints ...

A stretching device with intelligent control was developed to treat spastic/contractured ankles of neurologically impaired patients and evaluate the outcome ...

Static Progressive Orthoses for Elbow Contracture: A Systematic ...

Also, the dynamic orthoses tend to cause soft-tissue injury and inflammation under a constant load to the joint, which results in low compliance ...