Online Continuing Education Courses

Splinting for the Fingers

• Explain the functional and anatomic considerations for splinting the fingers
• Identify diagnostic indications for splinting the fingers
• Describe a mallet finger
• Describe a boutonniere deformity
• Describe a swan-neck deformity
• Name three structures that provide support to the stability of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint
• Explain what buddy straps are
• Apply clinical reasoning to evaluate finger splints in terms of materials used, strapping type and placement, and fit
• Discuss the process of making a mallet splint, a gutter splint, and a PIP hyperextension block splint