Online Continuing Education Courses

Splinting for Nerve Injuries

• Identify the components of a peripheral nerve
• Describe a peripheral nerve’s response to injury and repair
• List the operative procedures used for nerve repair
• List the three purposes for splinting nerve palsies
• Describe the nerve injury classification
• Identify the locations for low and high peripheral nerve lesions.
• Explain causes of radial, ulnar, and median nerve lesions
• Review the sensory and motor distributions of the radial, median, and ulnar nerves
• Explain the functional effects of radial, ulnar, and median nerve lesions
• Identify the splinting approaches and rationale for radial, ulnar, and median nerve injuries
• Use clinical judgment to evaluate a problematic splint for a nerve lesion
• Use clinical judgment to evaluate a fabricated hand-based ulnar nerve splint