Occupational Therapy Process: Adult Biomechanical. 5 Credit Hours

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This course is the study of occupational therapy practice with adults with musculoskeletal, orthopedic, cardiac, and oncology conditions, and requires students to apply knowledge learned in Anatomy and applied Biomechanics to integrate the content of this course. Students will analyze and apply theories, evidence based assessments, interventions, and strategies for treatment planning to support the occupational therapy process and demonstrate clinical reasoning skills in the use of treatment procedures and modalities utilized in the biomechanical approach. Students will learn and demonstrate effective interventions that include physical agent modalities, therapeutic exercises, ergonomic applications, manual therapy techniques, advanced orthotic fabrication and serial casting. The students will describe the use of these assessments and interventions for clients with disability in the participation of occupation in their home and community. Only students in the OTD curriculum may register for the course. This course contains 3 Lecture credit hours and 2 Lab credit hour.