ROTC Rifle Drills for upper extremity amputee
Stephanie M Legare-Romero
Description
Collection
Title:
ROTC Rifle Drills for upper extremity amputee
Creator:
Stephanie M Legare-Romero
Date:
7/30/2015
Text:
We have a young man, age 10, with a short below elbow (congenital) amputation who is interesting in joining his middle school ROTC and participating in rifle exhibition drills (rifle spinning). He currently uses a pin locking liner with a Muenster style socket (more to limit rotation for his very round shaped residual limb with little no no bony definition)and voluntary opening hand with a harness.
We acknowledge that this is an extremely difficult task for a below elbow amputee of any type, but rather than telling him he can or don't, we'd rather optimize his prosthesis and let him decide what he thinks.
Has anyone developed any arm for anything similar? Any tips, tricks, or suggestions? Components?
Also, if you have any videos of any upper extremity amputees who do anything similar, I'm sure he would love to see it.
Stephanie Romero,
Prosthetic Resident
We acknowledge that this is an extremely difficult task for a below elbow amputee of any type, but rather than telling him he can or don't, we'd rather optimize his prosthesis and let him decide what he thinks.
Has anyone developed any arm for anything similar? Any tips, tricks, or suggestions? Components?
Also, if you have any videos of any upper extremity amputees who do anything similar, I'm sure he would love to see it.
Stephanie Romero,
Prosthetic Resident
Citation
Stephanie M Legare-Romero, “ROTC Rifle Drills for upper extremity amputee,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/237531.
