Beneficial effect of immobilization of joints in rheumatoid and related arthritides: A splint study using sequential analysis
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TL;DR
The immobilized side showed unquestionably the least amount of active joint involvement by the end of the three week period, and there were no lasting undesirable side effects such as decrease of joint range of motion or loss of muscle strength.
Abstract
Abstract The more actively involved upper extremity of a patient or one of equally involved upper extremities was immobilized for three weeks with a plaster of paris splint and an arm sling. In seven consecutive patients the immobilized side showed unquestionably the least amount of active joint involvement by the end of the three week period. There were no lasting undesirable side effects such as decrease of joint range of motion or loss of muscle strength of stage I, stage II, and early stage III joints.