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List the component of below elbow prosthesis

1. Terminal device (Hand)
Passive device
Also known as cosmetic hands and are normally prescribed for purely cosmetic reasons.

Active device

Active functional device that opens and closes.

Voluntary control Mechanical hand

- Voluntary opening mechanical hand

Voluntary closing mechanical hand

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Hook

Pliers

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2. Wrist Unit
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o Rotation type
Most rotation wrist units provide pronation and supination of the terminal
device with an adjustable friction setting in the unit.

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Rotation- Flexion Type

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This wrist unit provides both rotation and flexion of the terminal
device.The rotation has an adjustable friction setting and the flexion has
positive locking positions at O, 30 and 50.

o Quick Change Type

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Quick change wrist units allow the hooks and hands to be interchanged
without the need to unthread one and thread the other. They also are
occasionally used to preposition the terminal device in rotation with the
positive lock. With these units, one terminal device is popped out, and the
other popped in.

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3. Socket
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The Strathclyde Supra Olecranon Socket

Strathclyde Extended Cup Socket

4. Suspension
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Harnessed-based systems.
Self-suspending sockets
Suction sockets.

List the suspension of below elbow prosthesis

Harnessed-based systems.
Harnessed-based systems and their variants are the most commonly used
systems. The strap in harness loops around the axilla on the sound side. This
anchors the harness and provides the counterforce for suspension and
control-cable forces. On the prosthetic side, the anterior (superior) strap
carries the major suspending forces to the prosthesis by attaching directly to
the socket in a transhumeral prosthesis or indirectly to a transradial socket

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through an intermediate Y-strap and triceps cuff. The posterior (inferior) strap
on the prosthetic side attaches to the control cable.

Self-suspending sockets
Self-suspending sockets are largely limited to wrist or elbow
disarticulations and to transradial amputations. This socket design is most
commonly utilized with an externally powered, myoelectrically controlled
transradial prosthesis. An example of this type is the Munster socket. Proper
fit of this socket precludes full elbow extension.

Suction sockets
Suction suspension is similar to lower extremity options. These sockets use
an external, elastic suspension sleeve; a one-way air valve; or roll-on gel
suspension liner with a pin-locking mechanism. Upper limb suction sockets
(unlike nonsuction sockets) require a total contact socket design and ideally a
residual limb with no skin invagination, scarring, and stable volume to avoid
skin problems, such as a choke syndrome.