A Digital Traditional Chinese Medicine Splint for Treatment of Distal Radius Fracture

Digital healthcare has improved the efficiency and quality of medical services by integrating sensing technology, thereby enhancing the medical service in specific fields. The application of digital healthcare in fracture treatment has yet to be fully explored. Many patients with fractures may suffer from sequelae such as wrist pain and limited mobility due to lack of follow-up, failure of the splint, and other reasons. This study proposes a digital Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) splint for treating distal radius fracture, which applies sensing technology in TCM orthopedic methods to address existing shortcomings, such as the inability to accurately monitor the splint's tightness and the skin's condition by integrating multi-sensors to monitor the pressure, temperature, and humidity of the radius fracture site in real-time. Experimental data has been collected to prove the effectiveness of the proposed digital splint.