Rehabilitation Technology

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CRC Press, Nov 21, 1990 - Medical - 173 pages
This volume informs physical therapists, occupational therapists, and rehabilitation technologists about the devices that are available today and provides important background information on these devices. Nationally recognized leaders in rehabilitation technology service delivery share their practical expertise. Each chapter provides sources--suggested readings and professional organizations--for further information on each topic. This volume will be useful in the future in giving professionals a method for seeing where new devices fit into the spectrum of assistive technology.
 

Contents

Overview of Rehabilitation Technology
1
Seating Systems The Therapist
11
In Search of Power for the Pediatric Client
47
A Developmental Approach to the
69
Interfacing Switches Toys and Children
80
Summary
86
Computer Access
93
Pediatric Prosthetics and Orthotics
123
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Glenn Hedman, MEME, BSBE, is Director of the Assistive Tech­nology Unit of the University of Illinois at Chicago's University Affiliated Program. The center works with clients and their needs in environmental control, computer access, augmentative communica­tion, mobility, seating, and worksite modification. Active in the field of rehabilitation technology for nearly a decade, Mr. Hedman is the past director of the Department of Rehabilitation Engineering at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Mr. Hedman received his Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago and earned his Master of Engineering degree in the Rehabilitation Engineering Graduate Pro­gram ·from the University of Virginia.

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