ASHT 2024: Optimal Positioning – Minimal Waste

Lecturer: Maggi Persson

In this breakfast symposium at ASHT (American Society of Hand Therapists) 2024 Annual Meeting, Margareta (Maggi) Perrson discuss the positioning of the hand with orthoses. She also discusses choice of material and product from biomechanical, environmental, cost, time consumption and design related perspectives. 

Diagnoses covered include trauma, OA and neurological conditions with some extra focus on the pediatric hand. Practical tips and techniques for orthotic fabrication and sustainable choice of material and product are presented. Additionally, Maggi demonstrates hands-on construction of custom-made orthoses as well as adaptation of prefabricated orthoses.