Splinting the Hand and Upper Extremity
Principles and Process
MaryLynn A. Jacobs MS, OTR/L, CHT
Noelle M. Austin MS, PT, CHT

"Finally, a guide we all, in the hand treatment world, have been waiting for. They know their stuff! Can't wait for the next edition - I'd recommend to anyone." (Barnes and Noble Web site)

Our book instructs students and clinicians in splint fabrication techniques and related interventions for the upper extremity, and highlights anatomical and biomechanical principles specifically related to splints. It defines the purpose of splints, and offers associated indications and precautions. Intelligently organized and generously illustrated, each chapter includes clinical hints, and a specific section dedicated to splinting for a spectrum of diagnoses and populations. Indexes provide a user-friendly cross-reference that lists splints by name and splints by diagnosis to assist the reader in usage of the manual. Also provides insight into the clinical experience with emphasis on containing cost while maximizing time efficiency.

"MaryLynn Jacobs and Noelle Austin have painstakingly put together this highly detailed, informative, easy-to-use reference to help the student -in-training, the inexperienced therapist, and the expert hand therapist make the right decision whether to fabricate a thermoplastic or neoprene splint, cast, tape the patient, or choose an over-the-counter splint." "Splinting the Hand and Upper Extremity is an exceedingly well-organizeed text that has a tremendous amount of pertinent, useful, easy-to-access information on splinting." "This book is an invaluable resource and should be an integral part of the hand therapist's clinical library." (Heather Mogielnicke, OTR/L, Journal of Hand Therapy, Jan/Mar 2003)

The Hand Therapy Certification Commission has included this book as a primary reference for therapists preparing for the the Hand Therapy Certification Examination!!

Book will be available for purchase at the workshops.

You may purchase our book from the following online locations:

• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (publisher)
• Amazon.com
• Barnes and Noble