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Subject(s)

• Children with disabilities—Rehabilitation [Browse]
• Biomedical engineering [Browse]

Editor

• Chau, Tom [Browse]
• Fairley, Jillian [Browse]

Series

Rehabilitation science in practice series. [More in this series]

Summary note

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.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

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.

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ISBN

• 0-429-13577-7
• 1-4398-0842-2

OCLC

• 899156291
• 880788142

Doi

• 10.1201/b16002

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