PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS (POS501): Course Outline

INTRODUCTION TO ORTHOTICS

• Basic Terminology
• Historical Background
• Factors In Prescription Orthotics
• Nomenclature of Orthotics
• Biomechanical Principles
• Materials Used in Orthotics Manufacturing
• Methods of Construction.

FOOT ORTHOSES

• Shoe Style
• Parts of Shoes
• Special Purpose Shoes
• Foot Examination
• Orthotics Interventions
• Fabrication Options
• Pediatric Foot Orthoses
• Guideline for Prescription Foot Orthoses.

ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSES

• Plastic Ankle Foot Orthoses
• Lather Metal Ankle Foot Orthoses
• Composite Materials
• Weight Relieving Ankle Foot Orthoses
• Support (Fabric , Leather, Gel And Air )
• Contracture Reducing Ankle Foot Orthoses
• Guidelines for Prescription Ankle Foot Orthoses.

KNEE ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSES AND KNEE ORTHOSES

• Plastic Metal Knee Ankle Foot Orthoses
• Knee Immobilizer Supra- Condylar Knee Ankle Foot Orthoses
• Weight Relieving Orthoses, Fracture Orthoses
• Lather Metal Knee Ankle Foot Orthoses
• Knee Orthoses
• Guidelines for Prescription Knee Ankle Foot Orthoses.

ORTHOSES FOR PARAPLEGIA AND HIP DISORDERS

• Paraplegia
• Standing Frames
• Orthoses Designed For Ambulation
• Functional Electrical Stimulation
• Specific Devices for Paraplegia
• Hip Orthoses
• Guidelines for Prescription.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES FOR LOWER LIMB ORTHOSES

• Need of Evaluation
• Static Evaluation
• Dynamic Evaluation
• Gait Disorders with Orthoses Usage.

TRUNK AND CERVICAL ORTHOSES

• Trunk Orthoses
• Trunk Orthoses Evaluation
• Scoliosis and Kyphosis Orthoses
• Scoliosis And Kyphosis Orthoses Evaluation
• Cervical Orthoses
• Cervical Orthoses Evaluation
• Guideline for Prescription.

UPPER LIMB ORTHOSES

• Hand And Wrist Hand Orthoses
• Forearm And Elbow Orthoses
• Shoulder Orthoses, Fabrication Option
• Upper limb Orthoses Evaluation (Hand, Wrist, Fingers, Shoulderand Elbow)
• Guideline for Prescription.

ORTHOSES FOR BURNS AND OTHER SOFT TISSUE DISORDERS

• Importance of Orthoses for Burns and Other Soft Tissue Disorders
• Orthoses for Burn Management
• Orthoses for Patients with Soft Tissues ProblemAssociated With Neuromuscular Disorders.

GOAL SETTING AND TREATMENT PLAN

• Long-Term Goals
• Short-Term Goals

• Treatment Planning
• Criteria for Discharge
• Care of Orthoses.

PROSTHETICS EARLY MANAGEMENT

• Clinic Team Approach to Rehabilitation
• Amputation Surgery: Osteomyoplastic Reconstructive Technique
• Postoperative Management
• Pain Management
• Skin Disorders and Their Management
• Psychological Consequences of Amputation.

REHABILITATION OF ADULTS WITH LOWER-LIMB AMPUTATIONS

• Partial Foot and Syme's Amputations and Prosthetic Designs
• Transtibial Prosthetic Designs
• Transfemoral Prosthetic Designs
• Hip Disarticulations and Transpelvic Prosthetic Designs
• Basic Lower-Limb Prosthetic Training.

REHABILITATION OF ADULTS WITH UPPER-LIMB AMPUTATIONS

• Body-Powered Upper-Limb Prosthetic Designs
• Upper-Limb Externally Powered Prosthetic Designs
• Training Patients with Upper-Limb Amputations.

BEYOND THE BASICS

• Special Considerations with Children
• Rehabilitation Outcomes
• Adaptive Prostheses for Recreation
• Future Prosthetic Advances and Challenges
• Future Surgical and Educational Advances and Challenges.