Splint Health Dictionary

See MEDIAL TIBIAL SYNDROME.... shin splints

Bleeding under the fingernails visible as tiny splinterlike marks.

Usually due to trauma, it can also be a sign of infective endocarditis.... splinter haemorrhage

This is applied to a broken leg in such a way that in walking, the weight of the body is taken by the hip-bone and not by the foot.... calliper splint

Linear bleeding under the ?ngernails. Although they may result from injury, they are a useful physical sign of infective ENDOCARDITIS.... splinter haemorrhages

Supports for an injured or wounded part. They are most commonly employed in cases in which a bone is fractured, and consist then of some rigid substance designed to take the place of the broken bone in maintaining the shape of the limb, as well as to keep the broken ends at rest and in contact and so ensure their union. Splints are most commonly made of wood, either shaped to the limb or consisting merely of strips of wood about the width of the injured limb, and carefully padded with wool or similar soft material. Splints are also made of metal, poroplastic felt, leather, and cotton sti?ened with plaster of Paris, as well as other materials. Splints may be improvised for ?rst-aid out of walking-sticks, ri?es, broom-handles, branches, folded-up newspapers, and in fact anything of suitable length and rigidity. (See also BONE, DISORDERS OF – Bone fractures.)... splints

An orthopaedic device that corrects or controls a deformed leg or supports a leg weakened by a muscular disorder, allowing a person to stand and walk.... caliper splint

The application of a splint, most often used to immobilize a fractured or otherwise injured limb or digit.... splinting

The mechanical joining of several teeth to hold them firmly in place while an injury heals or while periodontal disease is treated.... splinting, dental

a technique that retains the essentials of splinting but allows some controlled movement of the restrained body part.... dynamic splintage

(MAS) an orthodontic device used to advance the mandible to improve the airway in the pharynx during sleep in the treatment of *obstructive sleep apnoea.... mandibular advancement splint