title: Baseball adaptation for below-elbow prosthesis.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D001186:Artificial Limbs / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001484:Baseball; D005542:Forearm; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013177:Sports; D014955:Wrist Joint