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Paediatric rehabilitation engineering : from disability to possibility / edited by Tom Chau, Jillian Fairley.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Rehabilitation science in practice seriesPublisher: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, [2011]Copyright date: 2011Description: 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781439808511
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Paediatric rehabilitation engineering : from disability to possibility.DDC classification:
  • 618.92000284
LOC classification:
  • RJ138 .P26 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
chapter 1. Introduction / Tom Chau and Jillian Fairley -- chapter 2. Microswitch-based programs for children and youth with multiple disabilities : an overview of the responses and technology adopted / Giulio E. Lancioni, Nirbhay N. Singh, Mark F. O'Reilly, Jeff Sigafoos, Doretta Oliva and Gabriella Basili -- chapter 3. Access technologies for children and youth with severe motor disabilities / Natasha Alves, Stefanie Blain, Tiago Falk, Brian Leung, Negar Memarian and Tom Chau -- chapter 4. Advances in technologies to support children with communication needs / Gail Teachman and Cynthia Tam -- chapter 5. Optimal web-based survey design in the youth population : enabling access for all / T. Claire Davies and N. Susan Stott -- chapter 6. Paediatric seating / Eric Tam -- chapter 7. Upper and lower extremity prosthetics for children and youth / Elaine Biddiss and Jan Andrysek -- chapter 8. Innovations in robotic devices for autism / Tamie Salter and Francois Michaud -- chapter 9. Virtual reality therapy in paediatric rehabilitation / Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss, Naomi Weintraub and Yocheved Laufer.
Summary: "Written by international experts, this book provides an up-to-date synopsis of advances in pediatric rehabilitation engineering research. Offering a single comprehensive resource on the latest research findings, each chapter presents a different area of technology or the developments of particular clinical relevance to pediatric rehabilitation. The material within each chapter also includes a conceptual description of the technology or underlying scientific principles, followed by a synthesis of relevant literature, recent research advances, selected clinical case studies (where applicable), and perspectives for future directions"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

chapter 1. Introduction / Tom Chau and Jillian Fairley -- chapter 2. Microswitch-based programs for children and youth with multiple disabilities : an overview of the responses and technology adopted / Giulio E. Lancioni, Nirbhay N. Singh, Mark F. O'Reilly, Jeff Sigafoos, Doretta Oliva and Gabriella Basili -- chapter 3. Access technologies for children and youth with severe motor disabilities / Natasha Alves, Stefanie Blain, Tiago Falk, Brian Leung, Negar Memarian and Tom Chau -- chapter 4. Advances in technologies to support children with communication needs / Gail Teachman and Cynthia Tam -- chapter 5. Optimal web-based survey design in the youth population : enabling access for all / T. Claire Davies and N. Susan Stott -- chapter 6. Paediatric seating / Eric Tam -- chapter 7. Upper and lower extremity prosthetics for children and youth / Elaine Biddiss and Jan Andrysek -- chapter 8. Innovations in robotic devices for autism / Tamie Salter and Francois Michaud -- chapter 9. Virtual reality therapy in paediatric rehabilitation / Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss, Naomi Weintraub and Yocheved Laufer.

"Written by international experts, this book provides an up-to-date synopsis of advances in pediatric rehabilitation engineering research. Offering a single comprehensive resource on the latest research findings, each chapter presents a different area of technology or the developments of particular clinical relevance to pediatric rehabilitation. The material within each chapter also includes a conceptual description of the technology or underlying scientific principles, followed by a synthesis of relevant literature, recent research advances, selected clinical case studies (where applicable), and perspectives for future directions"--Provided by publisher.

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