Rehabilitation Engineering Material

Rehabilitation Engineering Study Materials/Notes

UNIT-3,UNIT-5,UNIT-6,UNIT-7

UNIT-III
Engineering concepts in sensory rehabilitation Engineering. Sensory augmentation and substitution: Visual system: Visual augmentation, Tactual vision substitution, and Auditory vision substitution. Auditory system: Auditory augmentation, Audiometer, Hearing aids, cochlear implantation, visual auditory substitution, tactual auditory substitution, Tactual system: Tactual augmentation, Tactual substitution

UNIT-V
Orthopedic Prosthetics and Orthotics in rehabilitation: Engineering concepts in motor rehabilitation, applications. Computer Aided Engineering in Customized Component Design. Intelligent prosthetic knee. A hierarchically controlled prosthetic hand. A self-aligning orthotic knee joint. Externally powered and controlled Orthotics and Prosthetics. FES systems-Restoration of hand function, restoration of standing and walking, Hybrid Assistive Systems (HAS).

UNIT-VI
Active Prostheses: Active above knee prostheses. Myoelectric hand and arm prostheses- different types, block diagram, signal flow diagram and functions. The MARCUS intelligent Hand prostheses

UNIT-VII
Robotic manipulation aids: modes of operation and control. Environmental control systems: Environmental control and Access to computers.

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