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Fig. 8 Example prosthesis for a below-elbow amputee having biceps tunnel cineplasty.
(Reprinted with permission from Klopsteg, P.E., Wilson, P.D., 1954. Human Limbs and Their
Substitutes, second ed. National Academy of Sciences, Courtesy of the National Academies
Press, Washington, DC.)

Fig. 9 Example prosthesis for an above-elbow amputee having pectoral tunnel
cineplasty. (From Klopsteg, P.E., Wilson, P.D., 1954. Human Limbs and Their Substitutes,
second ed. National Academy of Sciences, Courtesy of the National Academies Press, Wash-
ington, DC.)

Cineplasty was regarded as the best choice for fitting amputated veterans.
The retirement of cineplasty’s advocate chief surgeons, the rise of myoelec-
tric control and some disadvantages of the procedure led to the decline of the
number of cineplasty procedures performed in the United States during the
period of 1970 to present.
During the 1960s Dr. Beasley in New York used tendons to create the
necessary loops for the cable to be interconnected to. Beasley’s “tendon