Partial finger for weight lifter

Partial finger for weight lifter

Ortopedia Correto - Jairo Blumenthal

2/14/2000

Dear Colleagues from the OandP list:

        I would like to have your opinion about a Patient that asked me to help
him.
 He is a weight lifter, world champion in his category, lifting 250 kg.
But he has a partial amputation at the 4th finger at his medial
Interphalangeal and he just cannot lift more weight becouse it slips from
the grip of his amputated hand. When he wraps the hand to the weight, he
can lift 50 kilos more(300kg total = 660lb), but this is forbiden by the
international rules of this sports, but this shows that giving him some
kind of partial fingerthat could support all this weight he could
increase his mark in about 20% more.
Does anybody have experience with this kind of problem?? How to attatch
such a partial finger to support all thia weight? All suggestions will be
welcome, and I will post the answers. Obs: The patient is ready to try
anything, anywhere, becouse he is a gold medal in paraolympics and wants to
become one at the regular games, solving this problem.

        Thank you in advance!

        Jairo Blumenthal
        Prosthetist - Brazil
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