ABSTRACT
Very few people with a cervical spinal cord injury have a really useful handgrip. They may have a spontaneous weak pinch grip between the thumb and the index finger, dependent on wrist extension, and a tenodesis-like function in the long thumb flexor. Many people believe that it is possible during the rehabilitation period to produce such a grip by nightly taping the fingers in flexion, holding the wrist in extension. However, there is no proof that this treatment is effective.
