Upper Limb Orthotics

Low temperature Wrist Hand Orthosis

In this subject you will gain specialised knowledge of specific areas of assessment, prescription, measurement, casting, fabrication, fitting and evaluation of upper limb orthoses. Through a series of lectures, practical sessions and a project you will develop an understanding of upper limb orthotic management, including applied anatomy, pathomechanics and an introduction to a range of upper limb specific pathologies. You will demonstrate your understanding of the theory of upper limb orthotic management by providing practical experience in the application of orthoses for the upper limb. Your learning in this subject is assessed through combined written and practical assignment.

## Assignments

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Your assignments are used to assess your learning outcomes.

* Low temperature wrist-hand orthoses (Enquiry 1)
* Case study (Enquiry 2)
* Exam (Enquiry 3)

## Schedule

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* Introduction to subject
* Introduction to occupational therapy and low temperature thermoplastics
* Wrist and hand injuries
* Burns injuries
* Lymphodema in the upper limb
* Outline of critiques
* Prefabricated upper limb orthosis
* Rotator cuff injuries
* Brachial plexus
* Occupational hand therapy
* Exam preparation
* Presentation of projects

## Cases

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* Bennett Fracture with Subluxation
* Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy
* Burns injury on the dorsal surface of the wrist
* Colles' Wrist Fracture
* De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
* Dermatitis and Skin Complications
* Distal Radial Fracture
* Distal Radioulnar Joint Dislocation
* Dupuytren's Contracture
* Dupuytren's disease
* Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Tendonitis
* Hook of Hamate Fracture
* Kienbocks Disease
* Intersection Syndrome
* Management of Burns to the Palmer Surface of the Wrist and Hand
* Metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal orthosis
* Orthotic Intervention for Children with Cerebral Palsy
* Orthotic management of radial nerve palsy following humeral fracture
* Orthotic Treatment of Post-Stroke Spasticity in the Distal Upper Limb
* Partial Lesion of C7
* Rheumatoid Arthritis
* Rupture of the Finger Flexor Annular Pulley A2
* Smith's Fracture
* Splinting Wrist Contracture after Stroke
* Swan Neck Deformity
* Trigger Finger
* Ulnar Nerve Lesion
* Wrist Contracture in Cerebral Palsy
* Wrist Contracture Management

## Links

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Grasping the Future: Advances in Powered Upper Limb Prosthetics. (n.d.). Http://Www.Eurekaselect.Com. Retrieved April 14, 2024, from http://www.eurekaselect.com/ebook_volume/1118 Kouppanou, A. (2020). What is in a child’s hand? Prosthesis in Bernard Stiegler: Some implications for a future philosophy of childhood. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 52(4), 433–442. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2019.1586529

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