Prescription of exercise relative motion orthoses to improve limited proximal interphalangeal joint movement: A prospective, mulit-center, consecutive case series

There are 2 types of relative motion orthoses each identified by the position of the affected finger's metacarpophalangeal joint (MCPJ); relative motion extension (RME) and relative motion flexion (RMF).1 The RME orthosis positions the involved finger's MCPJ in greater extension and the RMF orthosis positions the involved finger's MCPJ is in more flexion than those not affected.1 Hirth et  al1 reported that clinical use of relative motion orthoses outpaces that reported in the literature, and has proposed 3 categories for relative motion orthosis application- protective, exercise, and adaptive.
Source: Journal of Hand Therapy - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Source Type: research