Lower Extremity Orthotics III ((3 credit hours))

Catalog description

Provides the knowledge and skills necessary to fabricate plastic and metal knee-ankle-foot orthoses. Integrates study of foot, ankle and knee skeletal structures and biomechanical principles of knee-ankle-foot orthoses. Interprets and applies knee-ankle-foot orthometry, reviews variations of knee-ankle-foot orthoses and examines fitting of off -the- shelf knee orthoses. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (60 contact hours).