Through the looking glass: emerging horizons in rehabilitation engineering

Author

Robinson, Charles J.

Author_Institution

VA Hospital, Hines, IL, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

4-7 Nov 1988

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

25

Abstract

The author discusses problems in defining rehabilitation engineering. He then provides an overview of the various forms of sensory and motor augmentation or substitution. These include tactile visual systems, visual cortex neuroprostheses, mobility and navigational devices, and other aids for the blind, deaf, and mute, as well as for those individuals paralyzed at least from the hip downward by spinal cord injury

Keywords

artificial limbs; handicapped aids; orthotics; prosthetics; reviews; sensory aids; artificial limbs; blind; deaf; mobility aids; motor augmentation; motor substitution; mute; navigational devices; orthoses; paralysed people; prostheses; rehabilitation engineering; sensory aids; sensory augmentation; sensory substitution; spinal cord injury; tactile visual systems; visual cortex neuroprostheses; Biomedical engineering; Blindness; Central nervous system; Centralized control; Control systems; Deafness; Glass; Hospitals; Research and development; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering., Proceedings of a Special Symposium on Maturing Technologies and Emerging Horizons in

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MTEHBE.1988.26384

Filename

26384