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
