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Apr 22, 2025
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OPCA 1030 - Metal Orthoses Fabrication Credits: 4 Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None Course Description: This course focuses on the theories and skills required for the fabrication of the basic metal ankle-foot orthoses, knee-ankle-foot orthoses, and wrist-hand orthoses. Students interpret various orthotic prescriptions to create one-of-a-kind orthotic devices in the laboratory setting. MnTC Goals None
Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent Corequisite(s): None Recommendation: None
Major Content
- Ankle-foot orthosis
- components
- tracings
- preparing metal components
- assemble components
- Knee-ankle-foot orthosis
- components
- tracings
- preparing metal components
- assemble components
- Wrist-hand orthoses
- components
- tracings
- preparing metal components
- assemble components
Learning Outcomes At the end of this course students will be able to:
- fabricate a knee-ankle-foot orthosis to a specific prescription.
- fabricate a metal ankle-foot orthosis to a specific prescription.
- fabricate a metal wrist-hand orthoses.
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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