Mallet finger is an injury to the tip of the finger when something hard, like a baseball, jams it. ... Usually, your mallet finger will stay in a splint for at least six weeks.

Mallet finger is most often caused by an object forcefully hitting the fingertip and bending the joint too far, which can result in a torn or detached tendon or even a broken bone. It is commonly seen ...

TORONTO — For nearly three weeks, Thunder guard Lu Dort has worn a splint on his right pinky, the result of an injury coach Mark Daigneault labeled as "mallet finger." Dort sustained the injury ...

Results showed an association of fewer skin complications and less orthotic-related pain with use of a casting orthosis for mallet finger immobilization compared with a traditional thermoplastic ...

Radiography was performed, and the patient was found to have a soft-tissue mallet finger without a fracture. A stack splint was applied, and he opted to follow-up with his family physician. He was ...

The splint only involves the distal joint of the finger, and so it is possible to continue to play basketball with the splint on. Dirk Nowitzki suffered a mallet finger on his left middle finger ...

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Lu Dort has been dealing with what coach Mark Daigneault described as “mallet finger” on the pinky of his shooting hand.. Dort has been wearing a splint of sorts ...

A 16-year-old boy injured his dominant long finger in football practice. He did not recall exactly how the injury occurred. He was seen in an emergency department and had a splint on his finger.

The splint only involves the distal joint of the finger, and so it is possible to continue to play basketball with the splint on. Dirk Nowitzki suffered a mallet finger on his left middle finger ...