Don Valley Health and Wellness Centre
Rhizo-Hit®
Textile brace for the metacarpo-phalangeal and carpo-metacarpal joint. With mouldable aluminium inlay and closure principle with slip-stop.
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Size
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Wrist circumference in cm
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XS
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13 - 15
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S
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15 - 17
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M
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17 - 19
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L
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19 - 21
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Can be worn on the right and left.
INDICATIONS
- Arthrosis of the radial carpus and MCP 1
- Conservative / post-operative thumb and finger
- Injuries, tendon instabilities in the area of the metacarpo-phalangeal and carpo-metacarpal joint (e.g. skier’s thumb)
- Mobile phone thumb
- Moderate to severe rhizarthrosis with marked subluxation with/without hypermobility of the carpo-metacarpal joint
- Thumb fractures
- de Quervain's tendovaginitis stenosans (mobile phone thumb)
EFFECTIVENESS / TECHNOLOGY
- Limitation of freedom of movement in the wrist
- Preservation of grip function
- Stabilisation of the metacarpo-phalangeal and carpo-metacarpal joint
- Anatomically mouldable aluminium inlay
- Circular strap with forearm sling and block to prevent sliding out