Journal of Human-Robot Interaction, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2013, Pages 152-171, DOI 10.5898/JHRI.2.1.McColl Meal-Time with a Socially Assistive Robot and Older Adults at a Long-term Care Facility Derek McColl and Goldie Nejat 1,2 Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Toronto Rehabilitation Insti...

The descriptive words “Rehabilitation Engineering” were not used widely, if at all, in America until the late 1960s and early 1970s, and then mostly by persons who had first been involved with prosthetics research and development immediately after World War II. Rehabilitation engineering in America owes its birth to the federal agencies that fostered its development after they had been so succe...

1,2 Ursina Arnet, 1,2 Stefan van Drongelen, 3 Luc van der Woude and 2, 4 DirkJan Veeger 1 Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland, 2 Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3 Center for Human Movement Sciences, Center for Rehabilitation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, 4 Department...

Electromyographic control is a technique that involve with the detection, processing and classification of the electromyography signal that could be applied in human-assisting robots, prosthesis application or rehabilitation devices. Electromyographic signals can be used in biomedical engineering and/or rehabilitation field, as potential sources of control for prosthetics and orthotics. In such...

Erik Wolf, M.S. , Jonathan Pearlman, M.S. , Rory A. Cooper, Ph.D., Shirley G. Fitzgerald, Ph.D., Annmarie Kelleher, M.S., O.T.R./L, A.T.P., Diane M. Collins, Ph.D., O.T.R./L., Michael L. Boninger, M.D. , Rosemarie Cooper, M.P.T., A.T.P. 1,2,4 and David R. Smith Departments of Rehabilitation Science & Technology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Bioengineering University of Pittsburgh, Pi...

This lecture highlights my career in rehabilitation research. My principal efforts in rehabilitation have been to study (1) mechanisms of brain plasticity related to reorganization of the brain and recovery of function; (2) late postacute rehabilitation; (3) sensory substitution; and (4) rehabilitation engineering. A principal goal has been to aid in the development of a strong scientific base ...