A 54-year-old woman is fitted with a wrist splint for night wear because of carpal tunnel syn-drome
At a return visit the client reports that she has less numbness and tingling at her volar thumb and index and middle digits, but she has increased pain at the radial dorsal side of her hand. The OT practitioner should consider which of the following possibilities?
A. The client has been using her hand too much.
B. The client has not been wearing her splint.
C. The new splint is not helping her carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms.
D. The new splint is pressing on the radial digital nerve near the anatomical snuffbox.
ANS: D
Care must be taken to keep from applying pressure over the sights where the nerves are superfi-cial and prone to compression. In this case the patient is describing the nerve distribution of the radial digital nerve, which is a new symptom that emerged since the splint application. The thera-pist should modify the splint to prevent pressure in this area.
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