"INTEGRATING NOVEL COMPONENTS INTO BILATERAL PEDIATRIC SHOULDER DISARTICULATION PROSTHETIC FITTINGS: A CASE STUDY."
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https://doi.org/10.57922/mec.2484Abstract
Pediatric amputees (both congenital and acquired) with above elbow limb loss have extremely limited prosthetic options. This often results in abandonment or no opportunity to use a prosthesis in childhood. In the absence of appropriately sized, commercially available components, repurposed and custom components were integrated in a series of fittings with a four-year-old patient with bilateral limb deficiencies at the shoulder disarticulation level. These included elbowless initial body powered prostheses, progression to 3D printed ratcheting elbow joints and repurposing of an electric wrist flexion unit as an electric pediatric elbow. Progressive enhancements to the prosthetic treatment plan led to increased prosthesis utilization and independence. Additional pediatric component options, especially electric components, are needed to address proximal limb deficiencies in these younger children.
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2024-08-15
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B. Curcio, “‘INTEGRATING NOVEL COMPONENTS INTO BILATERAL PEDIATRIC SHOULDER DISARTICULATION PROSTHETIC FITTINGS: A CASE STUDY.’”, MEC Symposium, Aug. 2024.
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