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Overview of Rehabilitation Technology
Published in Glenn Hedman, Rehabilitation Technology, 2020
As defined by the 1986 Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act, the term rehabilitation engineering means “the systematic application of technologies, engineering methodologies, or scientific principles to meet the needs of and address the barriers confronted by individuals with handicaps in areas which include education, rehabilitation, employment, transportation, independent living, and recreation.”3 This law has particularly helped to encourage the availability of Rehabilitation Technology services in vocational settings.
Robotic Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Rehabilitation Medicine
Published in Lawrence S. Chan, William C. Tang, Engineering-Medicine, 2019
Technologies are the scientific facts and principles that engineers use to make tools and products. The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering describes Rehabilitation Engineering as “the use of engineering principles to (1) develop technological solutions and devices to assist individuals with disabilities and (2) aid the recovery of physical and cognitive functions lost because of disease or injury. Rehabilitation engineers systematically apply engineering sciences to design, develop, adapt, test, evaluate, apply, and distribute technological solutions to problems confronted by individuals with disabilities in functional areas, such as mobility, communications, hearing, vision, and cognition; and in activities associated with employment, independent living, education, and integration into the community.”
Quantitative Assessment Using The Available Motions Inventory
Published in Raymond V. Smith, John H. Leslie, Rehabilitation Engineering, 2018
Functional assessment for persons with disabilities can provide considerable information for the job placement and rehabilitation engineering process. Rehabilitation engineering seeks to use technology to meet the needs of persons with disabilities, but before the process can begin, some measure of an individual’s ability is required to provide an effective interface between an individual and a desired performance environment. The AMI seeks to provide such a measure of ability. The future in functional assessment appears to be one of providing the necessary tools or information to assist in meeting the needs of persons with disabilities. For the AMI, the enhancement of information of the instrument is one area which can help to provide fundamental information to meet those needs.
Rehabilitation engineers, technologists, and technicians: Vital members of the assistive technology team
Published in Assistive Technology, 2023
Carmen P. DiGiovine, Meghan Donahue, Patricia Bahr, Mark Bresler, Joseph Klaesner, Raj Pagadala, Brian Burkhardt, Ray Grott
Rehabilitation Engineering is the application of science and technology to improve the quality of life and increase independence for individuals with disabilities. The rehabilitation engineering profession includes rehabilitation engineers, rehabilitation technologists/assistive technologists, and rehabilitation technicians. This paper assumes that rehabilitation technologist is synonymous with assistive technologist. Rehabilitation engineering professionals primarily work in the fields of assistive technology (i.e. focus on performance of functional activities), rehabilitation technology (i.e. focus on remediation of limitations), and universal design (i.e. focus on access for all people independent of ability) (Cook & Polgar, 2008; Story, Mueller, & Mace, 1998). As the fields of assistive technology and rehabilitation technology have advanced, so has the field of rehabilitation engineering in providing more educational, social, and vocational opportunities for individuals with disabilities.