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Looking forward to seeing you in person in Washington! It seems like a full circle - we met at an international meeting in the US when I was a humble MSc student and I started reading your Handbook on the plane ride home. Now I am privileged to cal…
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Each cluster of words on the McGill is ordered by severity - the first word is the least severe, while the last word in the cluster is the most severe. The person is usually asked to select which word is best for them from only the clusters they al…
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Some of the equipment companies here in North America (like www.danmicglobal.com) sell individual monofilaments, so more economical to purchase than a full set. Bonus: their design is robust and so I have found the filaments last better than other …
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Hi Ellen If the goal of the splint/orthosis is not to immobilize, but to reduce evoked/intermittent stimuli, then alternate strategies are to cover the area with something that provides a consistent stimulus (ie gentle compression bandage, neoprene…
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I'm Tara, an occupational therapist from Hamilton, Ontario in Canada. I still work clinically a tiny bit in the Hand Program at a regional rehabilitation centre (the primary focus there is trauma/reconstructive surgeries), but these days I am spend…
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Hi Jeremy I have done it both ways - a 'life size' diagram and a chart style image. Advantages to drawing your own is to draw in the plane of interest ie the back of the thumb with the forearm sitting in neutral rotation. Claude Spicher and the t…
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Great point - I often photocopy the allodynography diagram as the basis for this and colour it with red/yellow/green for no touch/caution/good zones for counterstimulation.
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Would love to hear thoughts and comments from other CSTPs! Tara
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Thanks for this, Micael!