Rehabilitation Technology

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.

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.

Foreword /Richard Foulds -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Overview of Rehabilitation Technology /Glenn Hedman -- Chapter 2: Seating Systems: The Therapist and Rehabilitation Engineering Team /Jessica Presperin -- Simulation -- Planar vs. Contour -- Variations in Seating by Diagnosis -- Chapter 3: In Search of Power for the Pediatric Client /C. Kerry Jones -- Origins and Maintenance of Power -- Methods of Controlling Power -- Performance Characteristics and Environmental Concerns that Affect Selection of Power -- Chapter 4: A Developmental Approach to the Use of Toys for Facilitation of .Environmental Control /M. Beth Langley -- Contingency Awareness and Microswitches -- Play Needs of Physically Disabled Children -- Interfacing Switches, Toys, and Children -- Developmental Skills and Environmental Control -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Computer Access /Janet Bischof Glenn Hedman -- Augmentative Communication Systems -- Considerations for Clients with Cognitive /Perceptual Deficits -- Portable Mounting Systems -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Pediatric Prosthetics and Orthotics /John Michael -- Overview -- Lower Limb Prosthetics -- Upper Limb Prosthetics -- Upper Limb Orthotics -- Lower Limb Orthotics -- Spinal Orthotics -- Summary -- Funding for Assistive Technology and Related Services: An Annotated Bibliography /Alexandra Enders.