PRO 4350C - Spinal Orthotics

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St. Petersburg College

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Description:

5 credits Prerequisite: Admission to the Orthotics and Prosthetics BAS program. This course focuses on how to integrate knowledge of biomechanics, anatomy, pathology, material properties, and orthotic principles to solve clinical problems afflicting the spine. This course offers clinically based instruction in selection, measurement, and manufacture of spinal orthotics. Students will examine, cast, and provide model patients with several devices including various lumbo-sacral orthoses and thoraco-lumbo-sacral orthoses. In addition, students will have the opportunity to fit several prefabricated spinal orthoses. The differences between taking an impression by the traditional plaster casting and Computer-Aided Design and Computer- Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) methods will be examined and discussed. This class will be a combined lecture lab course. 137 contact hours.

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5.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.spcollege.edu

Phone Number:

(727) 341-4772

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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