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

"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 partic...

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Superior document:Rehabilitation science in practice series
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Place / Publishing House:Boca Raton, Florida : : CRC Press,, [2011]
2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Rehabilitation science in practice series.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of 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.