Title :
Through the looking glass: emerging horizons in rehabilitation engineering
Author :
Robinson, Charles J.
Author_Institution :
VA Hospital, Hines, IL, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering., Proceedings of a Special Symposium on Maturing Technologies and Emerging Horizons in
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
DOI :
10.1109/MTEHBE.1988.26384
