OTHOTICS: APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY PRACTICE

2 credits.

Provides the the cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills for efficacious examination/evaluation and treatment of patients with conditions requiring orthotic, protective and supportive devices. Specific orthotic topics include: material technology; biomechanics of orthoses; orthotic design and fabrication principles, lower limb orthoses (LLO); spinal orthoses (SO); upper limb orthoses (ULO); and wheelchair seating and propulsion. Provides the foundation for clinical applications in the musculoskeletal (PHY THER 676/677) and neuromuscular clinical tracts ( PHY THER 635 / 636 ).