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A device for attachment to a person's hand which is afflicted with arthritis or the like. The device is adapted for use as the person sleeps. The principal part of the device is a body of resilient spongy material which is positioned upon and attached to the palm portion of the hand of the person, adjacent the root portions of the person's fingers. During a period of sleep, when the person's fingers bend toward a fist or clenched condition, the fingers compress the body of resilient spongy material, and energy is stored within the body of resilient spongy material. Thus, during sleep, when the muscles of the fingers relax, the energy within the body of resileint spongy material forces the fingers toward an open position. Thus, there is periodic flexing of the afflicted fingers, and the degree of stiffness and pain in the afflicted fingers is controlled or reduced while the person sleeps.
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