Special Locomotion Assestive DevicesLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

Student will deepen his/her knowledge on human mobility limitations and factors influencing to them.
Student will learn how to compensate functional limitations and enable the function by means of locomotive assistive devices.
Student will learn to know different locomotive assistive devices and factors influencing to their prescription.
Student will get preparedness how to instruct the use of devices, evaluate its functional outcome and how to maintain and repair the devices.

Content

Locomotive assistive devices
Possible modifications
Maintenance and repair
Fitting, evaluation and instruction of use of locomotion assistive devices.