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Keeping abreast of the latest orthotic products is challenging. Commercial orthoses need to be critically evaluated for their applicability to the person with rheumatic disease. Custom-made orthoses play an invaluable role in achieving a wide range of therapeutic goals: improving function and pinch, stabilizing individual joints, preventing positional contractures, protecting joints from trauma, stretching the intrinsic muscles, correcting joint- and soft-tissue contractures, and controlling inflammation.
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