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ORTE 2000 - Leatherwork for Lower-Limb Orthoses

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture 1Lab 6
Course Description: This course concentrates on fabricating leather cuffs and closures, corrective T-straps, and knee control pads, which are all essential parts of the lower limb orthosis to hold the limb in a secure and functional position.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): ORTE 1070  or concurrently enrolled.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. A. Leather cuffs for knee-ankle-foot orthoses
    1. leather cuffs and closure and pattern making
    2. fabricating leather cuffs and closures
    3. attaching leather cuffs to knee-ankle-foot orthoses
  2. B. Corrective straps for orthopedic shoes with stirrups
    1. identifying size requirements
    2. fabricating corrective straps
    3. attaching corrective straps to shoes
  3. C. Leather cuffs for ankle-foot orthoses
    1. leather cuffs and closures
    2. pattern making
    3. fabricating leather cuffs and closures
    4. attaching leather cuffs to ankle-foot orthoses
  4. D. Knee control pads
    1. types of knee control pads
    2. pattern making
    3. fabricating knee control pads

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

  1. A. fabricate and attach leather cuffs of various types for the knee-ankle-foot orthosis.
  2. B. fabricate and attach corrective straps for an orthopedic shoe with a stirrup.
  3. C. fabricate and attach leather cuffs to the ankle-foot orthosis.
  4. D. fabricate knee control pads.


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