Abstract Summary
The aim of this study was to clarify the effect of wearing a forearm prosthesis on starting block performance in sprint running. One female unilateral below-elbow amputee athlete, a T47 400m medalist in the 2016 Paralympic Games, performed three 10m sprints from starting blocks either wearing a forearm prosthesis or not. We found that the average horizontal acceleration and horizontal initial velocity were 6% and 9% greater, respectively, without the forearm prosthesis than with the prosthesis. These results suggest that for a unilateral below-elbow amputee athlete, starting block performance with a crouch start is better when not wearing a forearm prosthesis.
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