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be prevented by introducing other materials and/or Assistive Device Manufactured by 3D Modelling and Printing
innovative designs. This needs to be confirmed by a Techniques. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol, 14:526–31.
medicoeconomic analysis in a larger patient cohort. We https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2018.1494217
do, however, emphasize that clinical studies are crucial 6. Li J, Tanaka H, 2018, Rapid Customization System
for assessing the quality of current daily splinting routines for 3D-Printed Splint Using Programmable Modeling
with thermoplastic splints. They are a necessary starting
point for comparison to new splinting methods in the Technique-a Practical Approach. 3D Print Med, 4:5.
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Acknowledgments three-Dimensional Printed Finger Splints for Post Hand Burn
The authors wish to thank Dr. Dr. med. B. Benitez, who Patients: A Case Series Investigation. Ann Rehabil Med,
facilitated access to the 3D scanner; Dr. Ph. Brantner and 42:634–8.
Dr. Dr. F. Thieringer of the in-house 3D Print Laboratory https://doi.org/10.5535/arm.2018.42.4.634
for their support and Barb Every for proofreading. 8. Paterson A, Bibb R, Campbell RI, 2012, Evaluation of
The authors received no financial support for the
research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. a Digitised Splinting Approach with Multiple-Material
Functionality Using Additive Manufacturing Technologies.
Conflict of interest In: Bourell D, Crawford RH, Seepersad CC, et al., (Eds.),

The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with Proceedings of the 23 Annual International Solid Freeform
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respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of Fabrication Symposium-An Additive Manufacturing
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Authors’ contributions 9. Paterson A, Bibb R, Campbell RI, et al., 2015, Comparing
Additive Manufacturing Technologies for Customised Wrist
LW, CF, LS, and AK conceived and planned the study. LW, Splints. Rapid Prototyp J, 21:230–43.
CF, and LS conducted the experiments/questionnaires, 10. Sari MI, Sahin I, Gokce H, et al., 2020, Ring Orthosis Design
and LW performed the statistical analyses. All authors
were involved in the preparation of this manuscript. LW and Production by Rapid Prototyping Approach. J Hand
and AK wrote the manuscript. DJS and AK clinically Ther, 33:170–3.
supervised the study and revised the manuscript. All https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jht.2019.02.003
authors read and approved the final manuscript. 11. Cazon A, Kelly S, Paterson AM, et al., 2017, Analysis and
Comparison of Wrist Splint Designs Using the Finite Element
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