Lesson plan / INTRODUCTION TO ORTHOSIS

Lesson Information

Course Credit 2.0
Course ECTS Credit 2.0
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Associate's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 5, EQF-LLL: Level 5, QF-EHEA: Short Cycle
Type of Course Compulsory
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? Z
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course At the end of this semester, students will become familiar with upper limb, lower limb, and spinal orthoses and their applications. Also, they get informatıons about pediatric and congenital deformities and orthotic indication principles in these conditions.
Course Content introduction to lower and upper extremity orthoses, spinal orthoses

Weekly Course Subjects

1Introduction to orthosis, their purpose, and classification of orthoses
2Foot and ankle mechanics and pathomechanics - I
3Foot and ankle mechanics and pathomechanics - II
4Ankle Foot Orthosis
5Knee Orthoses
6Knee, Ankle Foot Orthosis
7Foot orthoses, evaluation and measurement techniques
8Midterm Exam
9Orthoses used in hip pathologies
10Hip, Knee, Foot and ankle orthoses
11Upper extremity orthoses
12Basic principles and components of spinal orthoses
13Spinal deformities and disease and their orthotic treatments
14Orthotic terminology

Resources

1- Lecture Notes

- Alsancak S: Ortez. Hatipoğlu Yayınevi, Ankara, 2009.
- Berk N: Ortezler. Hipokrat Yayıncılık, Ankara,2020
- Joseph B. Webster, Douglas P. Murphy - Ortezler ve Yardımcı Cihazlar Atlası-ELSEVIER (2017)
- John D. Hsu MD, John Michael, John Fisk MD - AAOS Ortezler ve Yardımcı Cihazlar Atlası, 4. Baskı -Mosby (2008)
- Goldberg B, Hsu JD: Ortezler ve Yardımcı Cihazlar Atlası. Mosby Co, St Louis, 1997.