PROSTHETICS: APPLICATIONS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY PRACTICE

1 credit.

Provides the cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills for efficacious examination/evaluation and treatment of patients/clients with amputation. Course topics include the management of patients/clients with congenital and/or acquired amputation and its subsequent prosthetic management. Functional training in self-care and home management including activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), as well as functional training in work (job/school/play) are covered in the context of patients with limb loss.