OP 7600L: Upper Limb Orthotics Laboratory

1 Credit Hours
Concurrent: OP 7600
This laboratory involves hands-on experience in the evaluation, measurement, design, fabrication, fitting, alignment, and rectification of custom and pre-fabricated orthoses to the upper limb involving the fingers, hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder. These orthoses include a variety of metal/composite frame and thermoplastic upper limb orthoses including finger orthoses, hand orthoses, wrist hand orthoses, elbow orthoses, elbow wrist hand orthoses, shoulder orthoses, and shoulder elbow wrist hand orthoses.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Demonstrate effective methods of goniometry for scapula, shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist and digits.
Demonstrate effective methods of manual muscle testing for muscles that move the scapula, shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist, and digits.
Perform an effective physical examination of a patient’s skin, neurological, muscular and skeletal systems that defines their deficit(s) in upper limb biomechanical motion and function.
Determine the biomechanical motion controls provided by upper limb orthoses for the scapula, shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist, hand and digits.
Create various custom-molded thermoplastic upper limb orthoses from patient evaluation, casting, positive model rectification, fabrication, and fitting on a simulated patient model.
Assess the fit and biomechanical motion controls of custom-molded thermoplastic upper limb orthoses.