| CODE | POD3022 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Foot Orthotic Fabrication | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Podiatry | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | During the course of this study-unit students will consolidate knowledge and skills developed in the prior components of the Biomechanics study-units. Students practice diagnostic skills and devise treatment regimes for patients through the manufacture of both simple non-cast orthoses and of rigid moulded orthotic devices. Students commence impression taking, plaster module alteration and the manufacture of rigid, and computer aided design and manufactured orthoses, such as total contact insoles for the off-loading of the high risk foot (e.g. diabetes/RA). Emphasis is placed on the assessment, diagnosis, prescription, manufacturing and dispensing of all types of foot orthoses. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to: - Provide students with both the theory and the application of orthoses in clinical practice; and - Provide the skills necessary to assess, diagnose, prescribe and manufacture foot orthoses through various methods including simple insoles, 3D modelling, traditional plaster casting and vacuum forming. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Have a scientific and logical understanding of foot orthoses prescription; - Appreciate various issues relating to laboratory equipment and health safety awareness; - Discuss the rationale underpinning a patient's orthoses prescription; - Develop an understanding of materials and modalities used in the fabrication of both functional and accommodative foot orthoses; and - Identify and critically discuss recent research studies in orthotic applications. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Manufacture simple non-cast orthoses, casted rigid and non-rigid orthoses, and CAD CAM insoles; - Demonstrate the ability to analyze the suitability and feasibility of different orthotic designs, materials and additions/modifications to the various foot pathologies; and - Demonstrate appropriate skills in the dispensing and reviewing orthoses and solve problems that arise. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Philps JW: Functional foot orthoses. 2nd Ed. Churchill Livingstone. Edinburgh. 1992. - Valmassy RL: Clinical Biomechanics of the Lower Extremity. Mosby 1996. Supplementary Readings: - Anthony R: Manufacture and Use of Functional Foot Orthoses. Krager 1991. - Wu KK: Foot Orthoses - Principles and Clinical Applications. Williams & Wilkins 1990. - Michaud T: Foot Orthoses and Other Forms of Conservative Foot Care 2nd Ed. Williams and Wilkins. 1998. - Kirby KA: Foot and lower extremity biomechanics - a ten-year collection of Precision Intricast newsletters. 1997. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE POD1001 While TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE POD3021 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study & Practicum | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Alfred Gatt (Co-ord.) |
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