As long as five years after suffering a stroke, people were able to regain use of a weak arm when their strong arm was restrained during two weeks of intensive therapy, new research shows. The study ...

For nearly three decades, Jeffrey Deren, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Orlando (Fla.) Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute, has treated the same quiet complication of hand injuries: the splint that was ...

A splint is a piece of medical equipment used to keep an injured body part from moving and to protect it from any further damage. Placed properly, a rigid splint will help ease the pain of an injury ...