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OPCA 1020 - Foot Orthosis Fabrication and Shoe Modifications

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This hands-on laboratory experience focuses on the fabrication of custom-molded foot orthoses to control and support the patient’s foot. Additional skills include modifying shoes, fabricating stirrups, and attaching stirrups to footwear.
MnTC Goals
None

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

Major Content
  1. Foot Orthoses 
    1. negative impressions 
    2. positive models 
    3. modification to positive models 
    4. material properties and selection 
    5. forming materials 
    6. defining trim lines 
    7. prescription criteria: accommodative
    8. prescription criteria: corrective/functional foot orthoses 
    9. posting foot orthoses 
    10. finishing techniques 
    11. fitting foot orthoses in shoes
  2. Shoe structures and components 
    1. shoe structures 
    2. shoe components
  3. Modify footwear to a specific prescription
    1. apply build-ups / elevations 
    2. shape mild rocker sole 
    3. reapply sole
  4. Stirrups 
    1. stirrup selection 
    2. placement diagrams 
    3. layout of solid stirrups 
    4. layout of split stirrups
    5. contour standard stirrup 
    6. square standard stirrup 
    7. attach to shoe 
    8. verify alignment, function

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

  1. fabricate orthoses to support the foot.
  2. create shoe build-ups/elevations to meet prescription criteria.
  3. fabricate and attach stirrups to footwear.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
None
Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
None


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