ORTE 2020 - Upper-Limb Fabrication

Credits: 4
Hours/Week: Lecture 1 Lab 6
Course Description: This course concentrates on identification of the skeletal structure, joints and landmarks of the hand, wrist, and forearm. The course covers the identification of various types of upper-extremity orthoses and the interpretation of upper-extremity orthometry forms. Students fabricate both metal and plastic hand and wrist-hand orthoses to specific prescription from measurements and plaster models of the upper extremities in the orthotics lab.
MnTC Goals
None

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

Major Content

Upper-limb anatomy and biomechanics
1. finger, hand, wrist structures
2. normal wrist, hand, finger motion range
3. hand, finger prehension patterns
4. anatomical terminology
Upper-limb orthoses and components
1. basic opponents wrist, hand orthoses and attachments
2. external powered prehension orthoses
3. plastic system upper-limb orthoses
Plastic and metal hand and wrist-hand orthoses fabrication and assembly
1. upper-limb orthometry forms
2. upper-limb components
3. upper-limb model modifications
4. component shaping
5. component assembling

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

identify basic upper-limb anatomy.
explain upper-limb biomechanics.
differentiate between various upper-limb orthoses and their components.
interpret prescriptive orthometry forms and measurements.
fabricate components for plastic and metal hand orthoses and wrist-hand orthoses.
assemble plastic and metal hand orthoses and wrist-hand orthoses.

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

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ORTE 2020 - Upper-Limb Fabrication