A study from 2019 enrolled 30 participants with osteoarthritis of the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints, or the joints closest to the ends of your fingers. Participants wore silver ring splints ...

Doctors treat DIP joint pain according to the underlying cause. If they diagnose arthritis, the approach will depend on the type. A 2019 study noted that using a tin alloy splint on the affected ...

Simple tendon avulsions are treated with prolonged continuous extension splinting of ... of the injured finger. When the splint was removed, the DIP joint was unstable with a volar dislocation.

"The tests showed that our splint has a load-bearing capacity of about 320 Newton that means around 32 kilograms (70.5 lb) which is more than 1,300 times of the splint’s own weight,” says Ali ...

Distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint splints are available to protect and immobilize osteoarthritic painful DIP joints. The results from an open study of 25 patients suggest that DIP joint splints ...

The second joint (PIP or proximal interphalangeal joint) on her right index and four first joints (DIP or distal interphalangeal ... wearing a thumb splint; paraffin wax baths; and topical pain ...