"pulling an electric cord." On a 10-point scale, the average perceived splint benefit on the endurance and work performance tasks ranged from 3 to 5. The task with the highest perceived splint benefit was "chopping with a knife." Overall, "17 percent reported less pain when using the splint, while 79 percent reported no difference," the team reports. "When exploring the effects of the splint on work performance, 24 percent of participants had better work performance with the splint on, 62 percent had no difference in work performance, and 14 percent were worse," they note. "Forty-eight percent had improved endurance with the splint on and 20 percent had poorer endurance." Pagnotta and colleagues conclude that "wrist splint prescription is not a simple process; clinicians and clients need to work together to determine the daily wear pattern that maximizes benefit and minimizes inconvenience."
