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The 2023 splinting review says splints may cause temporary side effects such as difficulty falling asleep or transient tingling after removal, and that no trial reported serious side effects.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Splinting may cause temporary side effects such as difficulty in falling asleep or transient tingling after removal of the splint; none of the trials reported any serious side effects.”
Splinting for carpal tunnel syndrome, TV Karjalainen et al., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023, Authors' conclusions.
Open the original (DOI 10.1002/14651858.CD010003.pub2)- What it measures
- Side effects were reported in the included trials, which were generally small.
- What it does not show
- Few trials reported side effects in detail, so rarer effects may not have been captured.