Children with CP are at risk of developing tightness in the muscles of the wrist and hand, which can lead to loss of movement. This can make it hard for children to use their hands for activities, or harder to manage caring tasks.

Therapists traditionally give children with cerebral palsy (CP) wrist-hand splints (orthoses) to wear at night. We think the splint gives a stretch to the hand that reduces muscle tightness and increases (passive) wrist movement, but we are not sure. We did a study to find out and below we share what we learnt in the form of a plain language poster.

The original academic journal article may be found by scanning the QR code within this infographic.