Program Overview

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Program Details

Introduction to PROTESI-ORTESI ARTI INFERIORI

The PROTESI-ORTESI ARTI INFERIORI program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to treat pathologies and traumas of the lower limbs using orthopedic techniques.

Objectives and Contents

Educational Objectives

The program aims to enable students to design tutors, prostheses, and orthoses for various body districts, characterized by their own technical and morphofunctional peculiarities, in relation to the main neurological and orthopedic diseases. Students will also learn about the problems inherent in the processing systems of specific products for various health areas, with particular reference to the properties of the materials used and the treatment techniques.

Detailed Educational Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to identify the most functional prosthesis for the clinical question posed, in terms of design and technical characteristics of the materials.

Teaching Methods

The program will include:

• Frontal lessons
• Group exercises
• Practical tests

Program/Content

The program will cover the following topics:

• Anatomy of the lower limb: leg, thigh, foot
• Tutors for the hip: articulated and non-articulated
• Knee tutor: from elastic tutor to splint, to articulated, etc. - indications
• Ankle tutor: from simple ankle to articulated tutor - indications
• Foot tutor - footwear - standard and custom-made silicone tutors

Texts/Bibliography

The teaching material will be provided by the instructor.

Instructors and Commissions

Instructor

Paola Castello

Examination Commission

• Paola Castello (President)
• Giovanni Biggi
• Manuela Pietronave
• Filippo Allegretti (President and Coordinator of the integrated course)

Lessons

Start of Lessons

2nd semester, March 2018

Lesson Schedule

The schedule for this course can be found on the EasyAcademy portal.

Exams

Examination Method

Oral exam

Assessment Method

Questions aimed at evaluating the cognitive learning of the knowledge on the topics covered, and the mastery of the subject in the management of orthopedic prostheses.

Exam Calendar

Exam Date	Time	Location	Type	Notes
12/01/2026	08:30	Genoa	Oral
09/02/2026	08:30	Genoa	Oral
23/06/2026	08:30	Genoa	Oral
14/07/2026	08:30	Genoa	Oral
08/09/2026	08:30	Genoa	Oral