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A OTA is working in home health with a patient who has bulbar onset of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. The patient is progressively declining in motor function. He presents with bilateral wrist drop and tightness in the long flexors. He wants to continue working on his computer and perform grooming with less hand and wrist pain. The OT has the OTA fit the patient with custom wrist-hand-finger orthoses (WHFO) in neutral during activities as well as volar pan splints in a semi-rigid thermoplastic at rest. What would be the primary biomechanical purpose for the orthotics? Marked as spam
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