OP 6104: Upper Limb Orthotics

3 Credit Hours
This course involves the evaluation, measurement, design, fabrication, fitting, alignment and rectification of custom and pre-formed orthoses to the upper limb involving the fingers, hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder of human and simulated human models. These orthoses include a variety of metal/composite frame and thermoplastic upper limb orthoses including the finger orthoses (FO), hand orthoses (HO), wrist hand orthoses (WHO), elbow orthoses (EO), elbow wrist hand orthoses (EWHO) shoulder orthoses (SO) and shoulder elbow wrist hand orthoses (SEWHO).