This on-line course demonstrates a clinically significant positive relationship between the use of a custom thermoplastic orthosis and the subjective reduction of pain and objective stage of stenosis tenosynovitis outcome measure for patients who have isolated trigger finger, multiple trigger fingers, or trigger thumb.
It also demonstrated an 87% success rate among patients who required no further intervention in the year after orthosis application. Custom-orthosis treatment is a low-cost, easily applied intervention that may provide patients with long-term relief of trigger finger.