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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Rehabilitation Engineering"”.
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Rehabilitation Engineering in Parkinson's disease
Impairment of postural control is a common consequence of Parkinson's disease (PD) that becomes more and more critical with the progression of the disease, in spite of the available medications. Postural instability is one of the most disabling features of PD and induces difficulties with postural …
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Modelling the crashworthiness of specialist wheelchair devices
… attached to the wheelchair.<br/><br/>The Rehabilitation Engineering Unit at Rookwood Hospital deal with people who require either a specialist postural support wheelchair seating system, life support equipment or both. To cater for such equipment the wheelchairs have to be modified to some …
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On Controlling a Pediatric Lower-Limb Exoskeleton Using Finite-State Machine and Electroencephalography
… This dissertation contributes to the pediatric rehabilitation community by introducing a novel exoskeleton system that can provide customizable Robotic-Assisted Gait Training and function as a mobility assistive device. Furthermore, it advances the fields of neural engineering and neuroscience …
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User-centered Virtual Environment Assessment And Design For Cognitive Rehabilitation Applications
Virtual environment (VE) design for cognitive rehabilitation necessitates a new methodology to ensure the validity of the resulting rehabilitation assessment. We propose that benchmarking the VE system technology utilizing a user-centered approach should precede the VE construction. Further, user …