splint

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Introduction

A device for immobilization of a joint or displaced or otherwise moveable parts.

↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
↑ Boyd AS, Benjamin HJ, Asplund C. Principles of casting and splinting. Am Fam Physician. 2009 Jan 1;79(1):16-22. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19145960
Boyd AS, Benjamin HJ, Asplund C. Splints and casts: indications and methods. Am Fam Physician. 2009 Sep 1;80(5):491-9. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19725490