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Orthotıcs and Rehabılıtatıon

Course Code	: FRB310
Course Type	: Required
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 3

Objectives of the Course

To acquaint physiotherapy students with orthoses, their indications, applications, necessary modifications and possible complications. To teach physiotherapy students to plan and to apply the appropriate treatment programs with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of orthoses and rehabilitation and to develop patient based problem solving skills.

Course Content

Pathomechanical conditions that should be used in orthoses, aims of orthoses, lower and upper extremity orthoses and rehabilitation, trunk orthoses and rehabilitation, solutions for prevention and elimination of problems and complications that may be encountered with the use of orthoses, technical and biomechanical control of the orthosis

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Gül Öznur KARABIÇAK

Learning Outcomes

1.	All graduates can assess and plan physiotherapy and rehabilitation protocols by using quantitative and qualitative principals and concepts in physiotherapy and rehabilitation field.
2.	All graduates apply physiotherapy and rehabilitation program by using further level knowledge and skills with in the order of systematically and safely ethic rules; finish or change treatment protocols if necessary
3.	All graduates have innovative behavior to protect public health; contribute to produce health politics for the changing and varying necessities on physiotherapy and rehabilitation field.
4.	All graduates organize the physiotherapy and rehabilitation services effectively and sufficiently, direct the working processes to go on developing quality and organization function; solve the problems with the evidence based knowledge.
5.	All graduates have ability to execute the professional and academic studies independently, have responsibility to work multidisciplinary with other colleagues via effective communication skills as a team worker.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation. A. Ayşe Karaduman, Öznur Tunca Yılmaz, Burcu Semin Akel Yayıncı. Hipokrat 2017

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Introduction to orthosis, aims of orthosis usage, examples of basic usage areas.

Week 2 - Theoretical

Pathomechanics of the foot, common deformities (pesplanus, hallux valgus, low foot / equine, pesekinovarus, limb shortness, fractures, etc.)

Week 3 - Theoretical

Basic principles of foot orthosis, appropriate shoe, material used in orthoses

Week 4 - Theoretical

Common pathologies of foot and ankle, orthosis applications, usage, control and treatment methods Student presentations: Foot orthoses used in special cases

Week 5 - Theoretical

Orthotoic approach in knee mechanical and traumatic pathologies Clinical features, symptoms and orthosis treatment of congenital hip dislocation

Week 6 - Theoretical

Indications of long gait orthoses, common orthosis applications, elimination of problems, Special Mobility Orthoses

Week 7 - Theoretical

Indications of long gait orthoses, common orthosis applications, elimination of problems, Special Mobility Orthoses

Week 8 - Theoretical

Spinal region pathologies, classification, clinical features, spinal orthosis principles Common pathologies and orthotic approaches in the neck(Midterm Exam)

Week 9 - Theoretical

Spinal deformity orthoses (scoliosis, kyphosis, increase and decrease in lordosis, etc.)

Week 10 - Theoretical

Basic concepts, principles and methods of hand splinting. Classification of spints, properties of dynamic splints

Week 11 - Theoretical

Orthosis of hand pathologies (rheumatoid hand, peripheral nerve injuries, flexor / extensor tendon injuries, spastic hand, cumulative tarma, congenital deformities, digital deformities, etc.)

Week 12 - Theoretical

Elbow pathologies and orthosis (contractures, tennis / wrist elbow, instabilities, pronation / supination problems)

Week 13 - Theoretical

Shoulder pathologies and orthosis (clavicle and humerus fractures, shoulder subluxations, brachial plexus lesions, postural defects)

Week 14 - Theoretical

Clinical case examples

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	0	3	42
Individual Work	12	2	0	24
Midterm Examination	1	5	0	5
Final Examination	1	8	0	8
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				79

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7
OÇ-1	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
OÇ-2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
OÇ-3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
OÇ-4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
OÇ-5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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