A patient who is s/p carpal tunnel surgery is complaining of hypersensitivity at the surgical site. The first thing the OT should do is:

You observe your client to have drooping of the distal first phalanx without any other deformities. In order to prevent further deformity, how would you splint the digit? 

The physician has ordered an active protocol for a patient that suffered a flexor tendon injury and surgical repair in the palm proximal to the left index finger. Immediately following surgery, the OT would instruct the patient to do which of the following with the left index finger, in a limited or protected range? 

The most effective intervention for edema in the hand following an acute injury is which of the following? 

Grip strength of a body powered prosthesis with a voluntary opening, split hook, terminal device is provided by the: 

Which of the following is NOT a role of occupational therapy in the setting of an acute immobilized fracture? 

The following terminal device most closely mimics typical hand function: 

Your patient has chronic pain that limits occupational performance. Your overall OT goal would be which of the following? 

Your patient has pain/tenderness on the dorsal side of the right 1st metacarpal. The pain extends across the first metacarpal and travels just proximal to the wrist. This individual is a commercial landscaper and spends a great amount of time using handheld clippers/cutters (right hand) to trim flowers and bushes. The patient is most likely experiencing which of the following? 

Your patient is a 36 y/o legal secretary who presents with numbness and tingling in her right thenar eminence, weakness in the thenar musculature, and pain in palmar/radial side of the right hand. Symptoms occur at work while completing typing/computer work. Symptoms lessen after work hours but never fully go away. The patient is very concerned because her work capacity is becoming reduced. Your patient is most likely demonstrating: