Case Study
Year: 2023 | Month: April | Volume: 13 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 59-61
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20230409
Effect of Flexible Wrist Hand Splint on Grip Strength in a Child with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: A Case Study
Janmejaya Prasad Nayak1, Rojaleen Pradhan2, Prakash Sahoo3, Sasmita Behera4, Deepak Sahoo5
1Demonstrator, NIEPMD, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2Lecturer, SVNIRTAR, Cuttack, Odisha, India
3Demonstrator, NILD, Kolkata, India
4Orthotist, NIMAHNS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
5Director, CIRS, Odisha, India
Corresponding Author: Janmejaya Prasad Nayak
ABSTRACT
Background: Orthoses and splints are commonly used to improve hypertonicity of children with cerebral palsy, to prevent the spastic muscle shortening and deformities, to protect the involved extremity, positioning, immobilization, and to support motor control functions such as grip, pinch and release of objects.
Case Description and Methods: A 9-year-old boy diagnosed with Right Hemiplegic CP was fitted with a prefabricated Neoprene splint to observe the effectiveness on grip strength. The pre- and post-grip strength was measured in two-week interval.
Findings and Outcomes: The grip strength of the child was 4.6 kg before two weeks but after using the splint the grip strength has increased to 5.2 kg as per DIGITAL HAND DYNAMOMETER.
Conclusion: This case study concludes that the use of prefabricated neoprene splint giving significant improvement in grip strength in children with cerebral palsy.
Clinical relevance: This case report gives an objective prescription of flexible wrist hand splint for improving grip strength in children with hemiplegic CP.
Key words: Hemiplegic CP, Prefabricated Neoprene splint, Grip Strength.