ArticleJournal of rehabilitation medicine2024
Preliminary effectiveness and production time and costs of three-dimensional printed orthoses in chronic hand conditions: an interventional feasibility study.
Article in Journal of rehabilitation medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07633821 (Cost-effectiveness of 3D-printed Hand Orthoses for Activities of Daily Living in Chronic Hand Conditions), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Cost-effectiveness of 3D-printed Hand Orthoses for Activities of Daily Living in Chronic Hand Conditions
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- The current state of 3D-printed orthoses clinical outcomes: a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the preliminary effectiveness of three-dimensional printed orthoses compared with conventionally custom-fabricated orthoses in persons with chronic hand conditions on performance of daily activities, hand function, quality of life, satisfaction, and production time and costs.
designInterventional feasibility study. SUBJECTS: Chronic hand orthotic users (n = 21).
methodsParticipants received a new three-dimensional printed orthosis according to the same type as their current orthosis, which served as the control condition. Primary outcome was performance of daily activities (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-Upper Extremity; Michigan Hand Questionnaire). Secondary outcomes were hand function, quality of life, and satisfaction. Furthermore, production time and costs were recorded.
resultsAt 4 months' follow-up, no significant differences were found between three-dimensional printed orthoses and participants' existing conventional orthoses on activity performance, hand function, and quality of life. Satisfaction with the three-dimensional printed orthosis was significantly higher and the production time and costs for three-dimensional printed orthoses were significantly lower compared with conventional orthoses. The three-dimensional printed orthosis was preferred by 79% of the participants.
conclusionsThis feasibility study in chronic hand conditions suggests that three-dimensional printed orthoses are similar to conventional orthoses in terms of activity performance, hand function, and quality of life. Satisfaction, and production time and costs favoured the three-dimensional printed hand orthoses.
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