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Baseball adaptation for below-elbow prosthesis.

X T Truong·R Erickson·R Galbreath
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A baseball bat adaptation to improve the handling with below-elbow prosthesis is described. The adaptation consists of a ball and socket joint unit interposed between wrist and hand prostheses. A patient who had forearm amputation successfully used the adaptation to play softball.

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X T Truong, R Erickson, R Galbreath. 1986. Baseball adaptation for below-elbow prosthesis.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3718201/

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