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OPCA 2060 - Clinical Applications of Trans-Tibial Prostheses II

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture 1 Lab 6
Course Description: This course focuses on advancing patient management skills used in the prosthetic profession. The emphasis is on treatment goals, component selection, and meeting the functional needs of the trans-tibial amputee. Topics include biomechanics, shape capturing techniques, prosthetic socket designs, and dynamic alignment. During this course, patient models are utilized for the evaluation, design, fabrication, and fitting of temporary trans-tibial prostheses.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. Patient management
    1. clinical assessment
    2. prescription criteria
    3. treatment plans
    4. documentation
  2. Socket designs
    1. anatomical shape capturing
    2. modification procedures
    3. total contact/total surface-bearing
  3. Component selection
    1. K levels/Medicare Functional Classification Levels
    2. suspension methods
    3. prosthetic feet
    4. modular components
  4. Implement treatment plan
    1. fabrication techniques
    2. static alignment
  5. Fitting trans-tibial prostheses
    1. fitting criteria
    2. dynamic alignment
    3. observational gait analysis
    4. coding / billing

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. evaluate an amputee, guided by given prescription criteria.
  2. demonstrate variations in total contact/total surface-bearing socket designs.
  3. describe biomechanics of normal gait and amputee gait.
  4. select components.
  5. fit trans-tibial prosthesis.

Competency 1 (1-6)
None
Competency 2 (7-10)
None


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