Spinal Orthotics ((3 credit hours))

Catalog description

Provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to fabricate plastic and metal spinal orthoses. Introduces topics such as spinal skeletal structure, biomechanical principles of spinal orthoses, interpretation and application of spinal orthometry, variations of spinal orthoses and fitting of off-the-shelf spinal orthoses for the fitter level practitioner. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (60 contact hours).