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CODE 67076
ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/50
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • Provide students with the basic notions regarding the definition of orthosis/prosthesis and its characteristics
  • Pay attention to biomechanics when building orthosis
  • Introduce issues relating to hygiene, storage, construction of thermoplastic material
  • Develop in students the ability to conceive/create a guardian based on charactheristics of patient

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

  • Recognize the differences between upper limb pathologies, in relation to the proposed prosthesis;
  • Recognize what patient’s need an choosing in the packaging/proposal of most suitable orthosis for the patology

TEACHING METHODS

  • interactive frontal lesson, exercise in samll groups to simoulate the construction of orthosis, Compilation of learning questionnaries by theme of the individual lesson

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

  • common characteristics definition orthosis for upper limb,specifically of various district such as shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand-finger complex
  • use and conservation in the preventive and post surgical phase
  • note of prosthesis and their differnces
  • construction of static braces un thermoplastic material

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Di Bartoli S., “ Mano e polso. Ortesi statiche e dinamiche”, Edi Ermes 2011
  • Cavallari G., “ Amputazione, protesi e riabilitazione”, Edi Ermes 2011

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Marzo 2020

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

oral exam

ASSESSMENT METHODS

  • Check the building skills, general skills of characteristics of the orthoses and verification of knowledge on the type of orthosis suitable best for patient
  • Check if the student has understood the methods of using orthosis