Swimming Hand
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Collection
Title:
Swimming Hand
Text:
I have a client who is a congenital upper extremity amputee. He has a normal
length forearm, a few carpal bones and a bit of a palm with some wrist
flexion. He was fitted with a passive hand when he started to crawl about age
one. I don't believe he ever really wore/used it for any significant time
period. He is now 4 1/2 and does not wear a prosthesis. His mother is
interested in eventually having him fitted with a myoelectric prosthesis but,
right now is more interested in whether some type of prosthetic device would
aid him in swimming.
I would be appreciative of any advice or feedback those with knowledge or
experience with similar cases might offer.
Thank you,
Eddie White, CP
Beacon Prosthetics and Orthotics
3911 New Bern Ave.
Raleigh NC 27610
length forearm, a few carpal bones and a bit of a palm with some wrist
flexion. He was fitted with a passive hand when he started to crawl about age
one. I don't believe he ever really wore/used it for any significant time
period. He is now 4 1/2 and does not wear a prosthesis. His mother is
interested in eventually having him fitted with a myoelectric prosthesis but,
right now is more interested in whether some type of prosthetic device would
aid him in swimming.
I would be appreciative of any advice or feedback those with knowledge or
experience with similar cases might offer.
Thank you,
Eddie White, CP
Beacon Prosthetics and Orthotics
3911 New Bern Ave.
Raleigh NC 27610
Citation
“Swimming Hand,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/218679.
