Sylvain CELERIER is a member of the French Society of Hand Therapists (GEMMSOR) working since January 2001 on the multi-disciplinary team at the European Hand Institute of Nancy - France ; PT registered, splintmaker, hand specialist in custom-made splints for hand injuries (traumatic, rheumatoïd, rheumatic...).

The role of this site is to show all of the different splints and how they are used in our clinic.

You can find many explanations such as :
- patient information
- help with splint prescriptions
- french legislation
- publications and bibliography
- national and international events
- slide presentation
- personal pictures...

A splint is a therapeutic agent like a medecine, which belongs to the rehabilitation and readaptation physical treatments category.
Preferably, the splints are custom-made for each patients, depending on personal and professionnel profiles.
It's a treatment for one or many lesions. Knowledge of the anatomy will allow appropriate treatment.
It's important to respect clinical signs like pain, inflammation or fragile skin.
It must respect many pathological rules, according to the objectives of the splint : pain reduction, joint stabilisation, tendon sutures protection, prevention of deformities, prevention of edema, immobilisation, correction, deficient moteur aid, motion range recuperation, compression, posture...

It's important to distinguish between static and dynamic splints.
Static splints are the base of dynamic splints which are made by adding a motor.
We use some compressive splints such as the finger splint and gloves.

Presentation (2010)

Splinting and rehabilitation following secondary surgery for PIP Fractures

CELERIER Sylvain, Micheline ISEL*
Pr MERLE Michel*, Dr Christophe CAMPS*, Dr Alexandre DURAND, Dr Bernard LALLEMAND*
Nancy (France) Luxembourg*

Congress of the French Society For Hand Therapists
Sept 18, 2010 - Lille (France)





Bibliography :
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J. MICHON, G. FOUCHER, M. MERLE 1977. Traumatismes complexes de la main. Traitement tout en un temps avec mobilisation précoce. Chirurgie 1977 ; 103 : 956-964.
T. DUBERT 2010. Stiffness and malunions. Conférence symposium « Lésions articulaires traumatiques du membre supérieur chez l’adulte ». Paris mai 2010.
M. MERLE, Ph. VOCHE, B. LALLEMAND, A. DURAND, M. ISEL, S. CELERIER 2010. Fractures des métacarpiens et des phalanges. La main traumatique 1. L’urgence 3e édition M. MERLE, G. DAUTEL. Masson ; Paris. 78-104.
B. LALLEMAND, A. DURAND, M. MERLE 2008. L’arthroplastie IPP Neuflex© par voie latérale. Arthropathies des MCP et IPP, actualités thérapeutiques Y. ALLIEU, J. L. ROUX, G. MEYER ZU RECKENDORF. Sauramps Médical ; Montpellier. 101-107.
M. MERLE 2008. Pourquoi les prothèses totales contraintes et semi-contraintes IPP et MCP sont voués à l’échec ? Arthropathies des MCP et IPP, actualités thérapeutiques Y. ALLIEU, J. L. ROUX, G. MEYER ZU RECKENDORF. Sauramps Médical ; Montpellier. 175-179.
G. FOUCHER, P. GREANT, S. EHRLER 1989. Le rôle de l’orthèse dans le traitement des raideurs de la main. Chirurgie 1989, 115/2, 100-105.
J. HANNA 2010. PIP joint replacement. Conférence workshop 8th triennial congress of International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy IFSHT “Entwining the world of hand therapy “, Orlando, 24-26 june 2010. www.asht.org/meeting/handouts/2010_ifsht_handouts.cfm
J. M. ANDRE, C. GABLE, J. XENARD, J. BERNARD, D. PETRY 1994. Atlas pratique des orthèses de la main. Paris : Springer Verlag, 1994. 260p