Jayden Henry-Poole, from Bude, Cornwall, received the motorised arm last week (Picture: Apex)

A boy born with a rare condition has been given a life-changing bionic arm – but his mum has warned him against using it on the football pitch.

Jayden Henry-Poole, 10, from Bude, Cornwall, received the motorised arm last week after a huge campaign by his family raised £13,000.

The schoolboy suffers amniotic band syndrome which causes issues with his left arm.

It causes stray bands of tissue to wrap around the limbs of an unborn baby and cut off blood flow.

Jayden had been entitled to a basic NHS prosthetic but his mum, Rebecca Poole, said they wanted to get him something he would be able to use.

‘We were offered a mannequin arm from the NHS and we needed something that’s going to work for Jayden and not something that’s just going to sit there,’ she told Apex News.

Jayden is still learning to use inactive muscles and over time the technology should get easier to use.

But already, the football fanatic’s new arm allows him to cut his food, tie his shoelaces and ride his scooter.

Jayden Henry-Poole has seen his life change and his confidence grow since receiving the bionic arm (Picture: Jayden’s Hero Arm/Apex)

Rebecca continued: ‘The journey getting here has been a lot – it’s been overwhelming and it’s been amazing all rolled into one.

‘The things Jayden is going to be able to do with this arm is endless.

‘Seeing his confidence grow as he’s growing with the arm, that’s going to be amazing to watch.’

But she added he wouldn’t be wearing the arm for football.

‘No definitely not,’ she said.

‘He does play football he loves it.

He has been wearing it almost everywhere… mum Rebecca has banned it from the football pitch (Picture: Jayden’s Hero Arm/Apex)

‘But he can’t wear it during football if it breaks that definitely isn’t under the warranty.’

Bristol-based Open Bionics which makes the arm said prosthetics technology was advancing so rapidly that Jayden may one day be able to feel through the technology.

The bionic arm is controlled by the user flexing their muscle and those signals are read by myoelectric sensors.

Joel Gibbard, chief executive and co-founder of Open Bionics, said the technology could be absolutely life-changing for some patients.

‘It’s something that gives them a huge amount of confidence, enables them to go out into the world and live their best life when they might otherwise be struggling to do so,’ he said.

Mr Gibbard said advances in artificial intelligence, AI, and machine-learning could one day give users the ability to feel through a bionic arm.

‘This technology is moving incredibly quickly in particular the control systems with new technologies like AI and machine-learning,” he said.

‘It’s going to be absolutely huge for being able to do finer movements or be able to move different fingers.

‘It could be even for Jayden as he gets older as he gets firmware updates to this arm or future upgrades, he will be able to even more things – more natural and fluid movements.

‘And we’re very, very excited to see that future come into play over the next few years.’

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Jayden Henry-Poole, 10, from Bude, Cornwall, received the motorised arm last week after a huge campaign by his family raised £13,000.