Shopping cart (0)Hand Therapy. Hand orthosis. Level 2.
Day 1
• Wrist support splint (brace)
Day 2
Hand orthosis - Introduction
- Tools, materials, application of orthosis fabrication (splinting) principles
- Analysis of thermoplastic and characteristics
- Principles of immobilization/mobilization
- Analysis of static-progressive, dynamic, and serial static orthoses (splints)
• Wrist support splint (brace)
• Thumb Spica splint (thumb arthritis)
• Thumb CMC care splint
• Anti – claw hand orthosis (n. ulnaris palsy)
• Thumb short opponens splint (CMC)
• Hand POSI (Position of Safe Immobilisation)
• Hand rest splint (Functional position)
Day 2
Finger orthosis
- Trigger finger
- Swan neck deformity
- Mallet finger
Dynamic orthosis
- Drop wrist orthosis (n. radialis palsy)
- Capener orthosis (PIPJ extension orthosis)
Dorsal Blocking orthosis
Discussion
Introduction to Mechanotherapy in Hand therapy
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