Tijhuis 1998.

Methods	Randomized crossover study, Sample size at entry: Futuro group: 5 Thermolyn group: 5 (they both tried the two types of splints)
Participants	Patients with RA and a swollen and a painful wrist of the dominant hand Gender: 2 men, 8 women, Mean age: 47.3 yrs, range: 28‐71. Disease Duration: 6.4 yrs, range: 1‐15
Interventions	Futuro and Thermolyn Splints worn for two weeks each with a one week wash‐out period between splints.
Outcomes	1‐Pain in Wrist (VAS) 2‐Tender joint count in wrist 3‐Swelling of wrist 4‐Wrist ROM (degrees) 5‐Grip Strength with orthosis (kPa) 6‐Grip strength without orthosis (kPa)
Notes	R=1 B=0 W=1
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment?	Unclear risk	B ‐ Unclear