The X-Finger
Kanas, Joanne
Description
Collection
Title:
The X-Finger
Creator:
Kanas, Joanne
Date:
8/27/2014
Text:
I am considering using the X-Finger for a patient with multiple partial finger deficiencies. Didrick Medical is the manufacturer.
I have not used it before and would like input and pros and cons on it from anyone who has used it with a patient. Is it complicated to fit? Does it articulate as shown? Does it require significant training and OT?
Thanks in advance for all responses.
JoAnne Kanas, PT,CPO,DPT
Corporate Director of Orthotics & Prosthetics
Shriners International Headquarters
2900 Rocky Point Drive
Tampa, FL 33607
Phone: 813-281-7184
Fax: 813-281-8660
<Email Address Redacted> <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>>
Shriners Hospitals for Children(r) is a health care system of 22 hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing pediatric specialty care, innovative research, and outstanding teaching programs for medical professionals. Children up to age 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of the patients' ability to pay.
For more information, please visit www.shrinershospitals.org<blocked:: <URL Redacted>>.
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I have not used it before and would like input and pros and cons on it from anyone who has used it with a patient. Is it complicated to fit? Does it articulate as shown? Does it require significant training and OT?
Thanks in advance for all responses.
JoAnne Kanas, PT,CPO,DPT
Corporate Director of Orthotics & Prosthetics
Shriners International Headquarters
2900 Rocky Point Drive
Tampa, FL 33607
Phone: 813-281-7184
Fax: 813-281-8660
<Email Address Redacted> <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>>
Shriners Hospitals for Children(r) is a health care system of 22 hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing pediatric specialty care, innovative research, and outstanding teaching programs for medical professionals. Children up to age 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of the patients' ability to pay.
For more information, please visit www.shrinershospitals.org<blocked:: <URL Redacted>>.
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients. If you are not the intended recipient, (or authorized to receive for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments and contact the sender by reply e-mail or telephone (813) 281-0300.
Citation
Kanas, Joanne, “The X-Finger,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/236700.
