Prosthetics and Orthotics Test 1 with verified detailed answers

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Prosthetics and Orthotics Test 1 with verified detailed answers || || || || || || || ||




Prosthetics - ✔✔artificial limbs || || ||




orthotics - ✔✔braces || ||




Prosthetist - ✔✔-design and fit prosthesis
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-select appropriate materials and components
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-alignment

-evaluates fit and function || || ||




-teaches patient to care for prosthesis
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Orthotist - ✔✔-design, fit and fabricate orthoses
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-select appropriate components and materials
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-align orthoses
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-educates patient on appropriate use and care
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Educational Requirements for prosthetist/orthotist - ✔✔-masters degree
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-residency

-certification exam ||




Rehabilitation Team Members - ✔✔-patient || || || ||




-nurse

-PT

-prosthetist

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-social worker ||




-dietitian

-OT

-Dr

-orthotist



Primary Concern of Rehabilitation Team - ✔✔patient education (begin before amputation
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or immediately after)
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Commonly used Prosthetic and orthotic materials - ✔✔-leather
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-metal

-wood

-thermoplastics and thermosetting materials || || ||




-foamed plastics ||




-viscoelastic polymers ||




Factors affecting material use - ✔✔-strength
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-stiffness

-durability (hinges) ||




-density

-corrosion resistance (perspiration/urine)
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Leather Advantages - ✔✔-protects skin from irritation
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-good strength and resilience
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-breathability

-very moldable
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Most common Metals Used - ✔✔-steel
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-aluminum

-magnesium alloys ||




Steel (advantages and disadvantages) - ✔✔-strong, rigid, durable
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-high density (weight)
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-susceptibility to corrosion || ||




-difficult to fabricate || ||




Aluminum (advantages and disadvantages) - ✔✔-high strength to weight ratio
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-resistant to corrosion || ||




-not super durable
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Titanium (advantages and disadvantages) - ✔✔-very strong, but not that dense
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-very resistant to corrosion
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-difficult to fabricate || ||




-expensive



Magnesium alloys (advantages and disadvantages) - ✔✔-light
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-corrosion resistant ||




-not widely used because difficult to make and expensive
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Wood (advantages and disadvantages) - ✔✔-very available
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-strong

-light weight ||