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OPCA 2070 - Clinical Applications of Trans-Femoral Prostheses

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture 1 Lab 6
Course Description: This course focuses on developing the skills needed to meet the prosthetic needs of the amputee who has undergone a trans-femoral amputation. Topics include amputation levels, shape capturing, socket design, and component selection. Students will fabricate, statically align and dynamically align trans-femoral prosthesis with a fluid-controlled knee device. This course also covers knee disarticulation, hip disarticulation, and hemi-pelvectomy prostheses.
MnTC Goals
None

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

Major Content
  1. Patient management
    1. clinical evaluation
    2. amputation levels
    3. prescription criteria
    4. treatment plans
    5. documentation
  2. Implement treatment plan
    1. anatomical shape capturing
    2. socket designs
    3. static alignment
    4. suspension
  3. Component selection
    1. K levels / Medicare Functional Classification Levels
    2. prosthetic knees
    3. prosthetic feet d. modular components
  4. Fitting trans-femoral prostheses
    1. fitting criteria
    2. dynamic alignment
    3. gait
  5. Characteristics of unique amputation levels
    1. knee disarticulation
    2. hip disarticulation
    3. hemi-pelvectomy

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

  1. evaluate an amputee, guided by given prescription criteria.
  2. fabricate variations in trans-femoral socket designs.
  3. implement a prosthetic treatment plan.
  4. describe amputation levels.
  5. select components to meet specific amputee needs.
  6. fit a trans-femoral prosthesis.

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


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