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FIG. 251.
the fingers, cannot be trained in table tennis, with the paralysed fingers fixed by a bandage
to the table tennis bat (Fig. 254). Such tetraplegics can also be trained in archery, the
release of the arrow being performed by the extension of the wrist which releases a hook,
fixed with the bandage on to the palmar surface of the right hand, while the paralysed
fingers of the left hand are fixed to the bow by a bandage or leather appliance as demon
strated in Figs. 2553 and b, and Fig. 256 shows our children's group during one of their
training sessions. Their ability to swim has already been discussed in the chapter on
Hydrotherapy.
It is beyond the scope of this short survey on sport for the paralysed to go into
details of all the techniques and rules of the games. Rules for the individual sports have
been worked out throughout the years and are compiled in a special book called 'Hand
book of Rules of the Stoke Mandeville Games for the Paralysed' (Guttmann, 1959).
