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base each of the four points in the angles of the ‘diamond’ in baseball, which a player has to reach in order to score a run.
get to first base achieve the first step towards one's objective. Originally from North American usage.
touch base with briefly make or renew contact with someone or something. Originally from North American usage.
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Splint Companion.(NEW PRODUCTS)
Magazine article from: CRANIO: The Journal of Craniomandibular Practice; 4/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...Splint Companion. The Splint Companion was created...Pankey/Dawson style splints and is a suggested read...Dawson's new book. The Splint Companion contains general...influence arch choice. The Splint Companion now includes...articles: "Mastering Splints"; "Is It a Bird...
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The use of splints in the treatment of joint stiffness: biologic rationale and an algorithm for making clinical decisions.
Magazine article from: Physical Therapy; 12/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...decisions relating to splint usage by patients with...7] Although numerous splints have been described and...clinical decisions when splints are used to treat patients...continual modification of splint use based on a patient...Rationale for Using Splints: Biologic Remodeling...
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A practical splint: Newspaper spica for limb immobilisation
Magazine article from: DVM; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...war when the Trueta plaster splint that was first used in the...management similar to the Trueta splint, when "battlefield" conditions...unlike the Thomas Schroeder splint, Robert Jones Dressing, or the use of formed plastic lateral splints that cause a "leverage effect...
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Traction splint: to use or not to use
Magazine article from: The Journal of Perioperative Practice; 9/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; KEYWORDS Traction splint / Thomas splint / Complications Provenance...Peer reviewed. Traction splints are widely used for immobilisation...immobilisation to traction splint using skin or skeletal...Currently, traction splints (TS) are widely used...
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A modular tension-adjusting splint for tendon transfer in reconstructive surgeries of extremities
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...existing tension-adjusting splints to maintain the joint position...improvised the Fritschi[5] splint which maintains metacarpal...s[6] tension equalizer splint for claw hand correction...fabricated modular intra-operative splint, which suits the purpose in...
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Silicone Foley's catheter: A useful splint in ear surgeries
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...This modification of the splint was used after meatoplasty...with tulle gras. The splint was applied intraoperatively...months. The two described splints were applied continuously...3],[4] Numerous splints and ear guards have been...4],[5] The splint described here serves...
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Wrist splint.(Orthopaedics)
Newspaper article from: Medical Textiles; 8/1/2006; 700+ words
; An improved wrist splint that can be shaped to support a patient...Seaberg in US Patent 6 981 956. The splint (12) features a flat, malleable metal...maintaining patient comfort with the splint in contact with the skin. The metal...
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Dynamic commissural splint.(Case Report)(Case study)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Dental Research; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...such as a commissural splint, which maintains the...The first commissural splint was introduced in 1975...treatments using commissural splints. [sup][1],[2...sup] [1] Commercial splints are not widely available...fabricate.[sup] [1] The splint presented in this article...
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In-office one-visit occlusal splints using the Erkoform RVE thermoforming system
Magazine article from: Dental Products Report; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...opposing arch into the splint immediately after thermoforming...resulting in occlusal splints that require little or...posterior adjustment. The splint can be delivered the...construction of hard occlusal splints (Fig. 1). Erkodur...porous, ensuring that the splint will remain clear for...
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Orthotics And Beyond Expands Plantar Fasciitis Night Splint Offerings to Give Personalized Treatment Options.
News Wire article from: PRWeb; 4/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...orthoticsandbeyond.com/c-23-night-splint.aspx), also commonly known...clinical studies have shown that a splint capable of holding the foot...of plantar fasciitis night splints (http://www.orthoticsandbeyond.com/c-23-night-splint.aspx) are available, and...
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Shin Splints
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Shin splints Definition Shin splints can be defined as an inflammation...resolution of the pain associated with shin splints requires an adequate period of rest...gait and posture associated with shin splint pain may result in inflammatory or...
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splint
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
splint / splint / • n. 1. a...been set: she had to wear splints on her legs. 2. a long...horse's leg, on the splint bone. • v...a broken limb) with a splint or splints: his leg was splinted...
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gutter splint
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
gutter splint ( gut -er) n. a splint formed from a casting material, moulded to conform to the shape of the limb but not encircling it, in which the limb rests as in a gutter.
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Fairbank's splint
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
Fairbank's splint ( fair -banks) n. a splint used for the correction of Erb's palsy in infants. It immobilizes the affected arm with the shoulder abducted and externally rotated, the elbow bent at 90°, and the forearm and wrist...
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Thomas's splint
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
Thomas's splint ( tom -ă-siz) n. a metal splint used for immobilizing a fractured lower limb, especially the femur. There is a ring at the hip, a cross-piece at the foot, and side-pieces for the attachment of material to...
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