Upper Extremity Orthotics ((3 credit hours))

Catalog description

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