Rehabilitation Technology

Foreword /Richard Foulds -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Overview of Rehabilitation Technology /Glenn Hedman -- Chapter 2: Seating Systems: The Therapist and Rehabilitation Engineering Team /Jessica Presperin -- Simulation -- Planar vs. Contour -- Variations in Seating by Diagnosis -- Chapter 3: In Search of Power for the Pediatric Client /C. Kerry Jones -- Origins and Maintenance of Power -- Methods of Controlling Power -- Performance Characteristics and Environmental Concerns that Affect Selection of Power -- Chapter 4: A Developmental Approach to the Use of Toys for Facilitation of .Environmental Control /M. Beth Langley -- Contingency Awareness and Microswitches -- Play Needs of Physically Disabled Children -- Interfacing Switches, Toys, and Children -- Developmental Skills and Environmental Control -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Computer Access /Janet Bischof Glenn Hedman -- Augmentative Communication Systems -- Considerations for Clients with Cognitive /Perceptual Deficits -- Portable Mounting Systems -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Pediatric Prosthetics and Orthotics /John Michael -- Overview -- Lower Limb Prosthetics -- Upper Limb Prosthetics -- Upper Limb Orthotics -- Lower Limb Orthotics -- Spinal Orthotics -- Summary -- Funding for Assistive Technology and Related Services: An Annotated Bibliography /Alexandra Enders.