David Ware - Case Study

• Age: 62 y/o male
• Cause: Traumatic injury
• Date of Injury: March 2019
• Vocation: Construction
• Interventions: GripLock Finger, ThumbDriver by Naked Prosthetics
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Purpose
To understand both the functional and psychological impact of intervention with both positionable and body-driven mechanical devices from Naked Prosthetics (Olympia, WA) on a patient with traumatic partial amputations of his right hand.

Patient History
David is a 62-year-old male with a traumatic partial hand amputation of his right, dominant hand, sustained in 2019. He presents with amputations of digits two through five at the metacarpal level while the thumb is amputated distal to the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint. The accident was sustained in his home workshop when his right hand was drawn into a wood planer. After the accident, David worked with an occupational therapist to learn how to live with his new physical limitations, given the injury. He was able to return to work part-time as a carpenter in a limited role. Additionally, he was diagnosed with ALS in 2006 but is not showing many physical symptoms at this time.