OCTR 517 - Occupational Therapy Assessment and Treatment III – Splinting

Credit(s): 3
3 semester hours
This course delivers a concentrated presentation of one of the biomechanical treatment approaches utilized in occupational therapy intervention - splinting. Students will gain in-depth knowledge and learn the principles and techniques utilized in the fabrication and/or selection of static and dynamic splints. Selection of splints based on evidence and clinical reasoning will be examined. Students will design, fabricate, and fit splints to improve and enhance occupational performance based on scientific principles of kinesiology, biomechanics, and physics. Practical application of theory, assessment, treatment planning, and supervision of the occupational therapy assistant will be discussed. Provide design, fabrication, application, fitting, and training in orthotic devices used to enhance occupational performance and training in the use of prosthetic devices, based on scientific principles of kinesiology, biomechanics, and physics. Offered summer trimester only.