The shape of the forearm changes as it moves from supination to pronation. When a volar splint is being made, which of the following techniques will assist in accommodating this change in the fabrication process?

A. Have the patient lie down to fabricate the splint.
B. Pronate and supinate the forearm continuously during the splint fabrication pro-cess.
C. Pronate the forearm before the splint material has set.
D. Make the splint with the forearm in neutral.

ANS: D
Forearm-based splints should be repositioned to accommodate the difference in forearm shape before the splint material has set.