Long-Term Use of a Static Hand-Wrist Orthosis in Chronic Stroke Patients: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Orthosis wearing time, experienced comfort, and the reported cointerventions in addition to the use of the orthosis.

Patient	Wearing time per 24 hours	Day/night use	Reported comfort	Cointervention
1	4–6 hours	Day	Poor	Handmaster
2	>8 hours	Night	Poor	None
3	0 hours (nonuse)		Very poor	Medication, home exercises
4	>8 hours	Night	Poor	Physical therapy
5	6–8 hours	Day	Very poor	Physical therapy, home exercises
6	>8 hours	Day	Good	Physical therapy, home exercises
7	>8 hours	Day	Good	Home exercises
8	0 hours (nonuse)		Poor	Home exercises
9	>8 hours	Day	Good	Physical therapy
10	>8 hours	Day	Good	Medication, physical therapy, home exercises
11	>8 hours	Night	Good	Physical therapy