Contemporary Limb Prosthetics: A Review
(SW PROS 1)
Contemporary Limb Orthotics: A Review
(SW ORTH 1)
These distance continuing education courses are for prosthetists, orthotists, board exam candidates, therapists, medical residents, or any healthcare professional with an interest in prosthetics and orthotics. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's Prosthetics-Orthotics program has designed these selected lectures and exercises to be self-paced, easily completed in a few sessions, and flexible to fit into today's busy schedules. Accessed online, these courses cover all levels of prosthetics-orthotics and the corresponding fitting principles. The participant receives 30 days of unlimited access for $385 per course.
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What you need to access the course
- High speed Internet access
- Latest version of Internet Explorer (Netscape will not display correctly)
Continuing Education Credits
- Earn 63 Category I PCE credits from ABC for prosthetics
- Earn 63 Category I PCE credits from ABC for orthotics
- Letter of completion for BOC credit provided
Benefits of taking this course
- On-line access from anywhere, at anytime
- No travel required
- 30 days of unlimited access per course
- More than 40 lectures in each course
- Review lecture highlights only, or in-depth content
- Quizzes, problem solving scenarios, simulations, and cases with immediate feedback
- Enhance your prescription formulation skills via case studies
- All assessments may be repeated multiple times
- A recommended reading list
Quizzes
- Multiple choice questions accompany each lecture and are scored and returned immediately.
Written Simulation Problems
- Several scenarios are presented to help the course participant work through clinical situations. These multiple-section problems attempt to simulate real patient encounters, allowing the participant to select actions that he or she would take in a true clinical setting. The best course of action for each problem is presented after the last section.
Problem Solving Questions
- Short answer and identification questions are available, with suggested best answers returned immediately after submission.
Prescription Recommendation Exercises
- Prescription formulation guidelines enhance prescription recommendation skills.
Handouts
Downloadable handouts are available to use as quick reference guides in the clinical setting or as study guides:
- Prescription Recommendation Guidelines
- Transtibial Gait Deviations
- Transfemoral Gait Deviations
Lecture Content
Course content is presented using PowerPoint presentations with lecture detail in the notes section. It will not be necessary to download audio, flash, or video files.
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Prosthetics
- Etiology and Incidence of Amputation
- Lower Limb Anatomy Review
- Normal Gait
- Pathological Gait
- Transtibial Prosthetics Overview
- Biomechanics of Transtibial Prosthetics
- Transtibial Components
- Prosthetic Feet
- Transtibial Socket Designs
- Transtibial Suspension Options
- Transtibial Total Surface Bearing Socket Concepts and Pin Suspension
- Joint and Corset Suspension Principles
- Partial Foot Amputations
- Syme Amputations and Prosthetic Management
- Transtibial Prescription Recommendation
- Transtibial Gait Deviations
- Transfemoral Introduction
- Biomechanics of Transfemoral Prosthetics
- General Transfemoral Components
- Transfemoral Suspension Systems
- Quadrilateral Socket Design Principles
- Quadrilateral Modification Quick Reference
- Survey of Single Axis Knee Mechanisms
- Polycentric Knee Principles
- Survey of Polycentric Knee Mechanisms
- Fluid Friction Dampening Principles
- Knee Disarticulation Principles
- Hip Disarticulation and Hemipelvectomy
- Transfemoral Prescription Recommendation
- Transfemoral Gait Deviations
- Introduction to Upper Limb Prosthetics
- Terminology, Etiology, and Incidence of Upper Limb Amputation
- Transradial Biomechanics
- Transradial Components
- Transradial Harnessing and Cabling
- Transradial Socket Design and Suspension
- Upper Limb Prosthetics Prescription Considerations, Documentation and Recommendations
- Transhumeral Overview: Prosthetic Design, Suspension and Components
- Transhumeral Harnessing and Cabling
- Wrist Disarticulation
- Elbow Disarticulation
- Shoulder Disarticulation and Interscapulothoracic Amputations
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Orthotics
- Normal Gait
- Pathological Gait
- MMT ROM Review
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Plastics: Materials and Techniques
- Introduction to Lower Extremity Orthotics
- Clinical Terminology
- Lower Extremity Surface Anatomy Review
- Lower Extremity Skeletal Anatomy Review
- Foot and Ankle Anatomy Biomechanics Review
- Foot Orthoses
- AFO Design Principles
- Orthotic Considerations for Diabetes
- Introduction to Knee Orthoses
- Hip and Knee Functional Anatomy Review
- Orthotic Treatment of Lower Extremity Fractures
- KAFO Design Principles
- Pediatric Hip Orthoses Introduction
- Adult Hip Orthoses
- Spine Introduction
- Spinal Principles
- Spine Surface Anatomy
- Spinal Skeletal Anatomy Review
- Spinal Biomechanics and Pathologies
- Spinal Classification - Denis 3 Column System Quick Reference
- Mechanics of Spinal Orthotic Treatment
- Acute Spinal Fracture Management
- Introduction to Spinal Traction
- Cervical Orthoses Overview
- Introduction to Halo Orthoses
- Orthotic Treatment of the Pediatric and Adolescent Spine
- Blueprinting a scoliosis TLSO Using a Radiograph
- Introduction to Seating - Principles, Biomechanics, and Components
- Introduction to Upper Extremity Orthotics
- Orthotic Management of the Hand
- Orthotic Management of the Wrist
- Hand Orthoses: Thermoplastic and Metal- Rationale, Components and Orthometry
- Wrist Hand Orthoses: Thermoplastic and Metal - Rationale, Components and Orthometry
- Wrist Hand Orthoses: Addition of Outriggers
- Wrist Driven and Ratchet Wrist Hand Orthoses: Rationale, Components and Orthometry
- Orthotic Management of the Elbow: Orthoses, Rationale, Components
- Orthotic Management of the Shoulder: Orthoses, Rationale, Components
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