Restraints including straitjackets, leather cuffs, chains, etc. Asylums often employed straitjackets to restrain patients who could not control themselves. Techniques such as "ankle and wrist restraints, physical coercion, and straitjackets" were used. Use of physical restraints such as straitjackets also declined. Many assessors, including Marie Ragone and Diane Fenex, considered straitjackets humane, gentler than prison chains. Album <Sing Along with The Straitjackets>. Robics I & II and Twist Party, with the surf band, Los Straitjackets. In 1994 they reformed as Los Straitjackets, adding bass player Scott Esbeck. The sisters have toured Europe and the United States extensively, often with Los Straitjackets. They have performed several times with Los Straitjackets on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien". Moreover, straitjackets allowed some freedom of movement. In late 2016, Los Straitjackets were due to embark on a tour with NRBQ. Despite its popular consideration as humane, straitjackets were misused.