Dear Colleagues:
I am part of the Limb Enhancement clinic in my that state that is currently
seeing a young boy who is 3.5 y.o. He suffers from Cornelia-Delange
syndrome. While the text book description escape me the net result is that
his UE have congenital anomolies. For the sake of brevity, his limbs are AE
levels, atrophied musculature, good skin coverage, voluntary motor control on
the Rt, lesser on the Lt, SENS intact, STR is hard to determine at
ultimate, Cognitive and developmental delays plus many other issues. He is
learning to stand with assistive device.
QUESTION: The clinic physician would like add some voluntary control to
operate a TD of rudimentary function. The goal would be to determine if the
child can learn the principle of cause and effect and then manipulate toys,
etc. The child cuurently has a shortened prosth that ends 2″ dist to the end
of the residuum. It has a surface for very small objects for him to look at
or move about in space.
I am all ears,
Pat Peick CPO
