Computer aided rehabilitation for the handicapped

Author

Anand, Sneh ; Guha, Sutirtha Kumar

Author_Institution

Centre for Biomed. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., New Delhi, India

fYear

1995

fDate

15-18 Feb 1995

Abstract

Miniaturization in electronics and unlimited flexibility of computers has helped in providing a comprehensive support to the disabled for their independent living. Earlier difficulties in drawing hardware specifications encountered due to individual variations, anthropometric dimensions, local diverse conditions and the desirable response have now been overcome. Here, an integrated approach to develop an rehabilitative technological aid is suggested. A 5-linkage model is proposed takes into account the user, transducer, microelectronics, interface for the computer and the actuator that triggers the user response to the input. Use of alternate modalities provide for the desired sophistication at affordable cost that can be implemented in developing countries. Three representative examples to depict the role of computers and electronics in rehabilitation engineering that are in use are presented

Keywords

handicapped aids; medical computing; actuator; affordable cost; anthropometric dimensions; computer aided rehabilitation; computer interface; desirable response; desired sophistication; developing countries; disabled people; electronics miniaturization; hardware specifications drawing difficulties; independent living; local diverse conditions; microelectronics; rehabilitation engineering; rehabilitative technological aid; transducer; unlimited computer flexibility; Actuators; Biomedical computing; Biomedical engineering; Communication system control; Costs; Couplings; Hardware; Keyboards; Signal processing; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995 and 14th Conference of the Biomedical Engineering Society of India. An International Meeting, Proceedings of the First Regional Conference., IEEE

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2711-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RCEMBS.1995.532187

Filename

532187