Rehabilitation R & D Progress Reports, 1994

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162 articles listed on AbleData

1. A CONTROLLED STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF EMG FEEDBACK AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ON MOTOR RECOVERY IN ACUTE STROKE PATIENTS
2. A PROCEDURE FOR SEAT CUSHION ANALYSIS ON WHEELCHAIR USERS
3. AARP ELECTRIC SCOOTER STUDY
4. AARP EVALUATION OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES FOR THE BATHROOM
5. ADDITIVE FABRICATION TECHNIQUE FOR THE CAM OF PROSTHETIC SOCKETS
6. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY NEURAL INFORMATION SENSORS FOR PROSTHETIC CONTROL BY QUADRIPLEGICS
7. AGED MUSCLE METABOLIC ADAPTIONS TO RESISTANCE EXERCISE
8. AN INTEGRATED, COMPUTER-MANAGED SYSTEM FOR CLINICAL MOTOR (DIS)ABILITY ASSESSMENT
9. APPLICATION OF ELECTRIC FIELDS TO ENHANCE RECOVERY FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY: BEHAVIORAL STUDIES
10. APPLICATION OF ELECTRIC FIELDS TO ENHANCE RECOVERY FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES
11. Artificial Limb Design: Assistant System Using Knowledge-Based Expert System
12. ASSESSING INDIVIDUALS' PREDISPOSITIONS TO THE USE, AVOIDANCE, OR ABANDONMENT OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
13. ASSESSMENT OF AMBULATION MOTION PARAMETERS FOR CLINICAL EVALUATION
14. ASSESSMENT OF NONAUDITORY FACTORS IN HEARING
15. ASSESSMENT OF THE ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF THREE HAND-HELD INFRA-RED TEMPERATURE PROBES FOR CLINICAL USE
16. ASSESSMENT OF THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE PEDIATRIC EVALUATION OF DISABILITY INVENTORY (PEDI)
17. AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND OUTREACH PROGRAM
18. BACLOFEN PUMP: FUNCTIONAL AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT
19. BICYCLE ERGOMETRY TO IMPROVE AMBULATION IN HEMIPLEGIC STROKE PATIENTS
20. CALCULATION OF KNEE LIGAMENT LOADS DURING REHABILITATION EXERCISES
21. CAREER DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
22. CHARACTERIZATION OF NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL SWAY DYNAMICS
23. CLINICAL AND LABORATORY STUDY OF AMPUTATION SURGERY AND REHABILITATION
24. CLINICAL WORKSTATION FOR REDUCING WHEELCHAIR PROPULSION INJURIES
25. COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING OF ORTHOPEDIC FOOTWEAR
26. COMPUTER-AIDED PROSTHETIC ALIGNMENT SYSTEM USING NEURAL NETWORKS
27. COMPUTER-ASSISTED SPEECH EVALUATION EXPERT SYSTEM
28. COMPUTER-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF HEMI-INATTENTION IN R-CVA PATIENTS
29. COMPUTERIZED METHODS IN PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS
30. CONSUMER INVOLVEMENT IN CHILDREN'S SEATING DESIGN
31. CRITERIA FOR INTERFACING AND CONTROL OF A POWERED UPPER EXTREMITY ORTHOSIS
32. CUSTOM CAR SEATS FOR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
33. DEMONSTRATING A MODEL APPROACH TO INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER-BASED ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
34. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A WHEELCHAIR FOR ENHANCED ACCESS
35. DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A TRICEPS ORTHOSIS FOR C5/C6 QUADRIPLEGICS
36. DESIGN AND SELECTION GUIDELINES FOR WHEELCHAIR RIDE COMFORT
37. DESIGN OF A VIDEOFLUOROSCOPY CHAIR FOR SCI AND OTHER DISABLED PATIENTS: A PILOT STUDY
38. DESIGN OF NEW TOILET PROTOTYPES FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED VETERANS
39. DEVELOPING A BIOMECHANICAL MODEL OF THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE RESIDUAL LIMB AND THE PROSTHESIS FOR TRANS-FEMORAL AMPUTEES
40. DEVELOPING A ROBOTICALLY AIDED SCIENCE EDUCATION LABORATORY FOR STUDENTS WITH SEVERE PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
41. DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF A RESOURCE GUIDE ON FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FES) FOR PERSONS WITH SPINAL CORD DYSFUNCTION
42. DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ROBOTS
43. DEVELOPMENT OF A PREDICTIVE MODEL OF DRIVING PERFORMANCE IN STROKE PATIENTS
44. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADULT CLINICAL VERSION OF THE TUFTS ASSESSMENT OF MOTOR PERFORMANCE (TAMP)
45. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ON-LINE CORRECTION CAPABILITY FOR FNS LOCOMOTION
46. DEVELOPMENT OF CROSS-DISABILITY ACCESS TECHNIQUES FOR DATABASE SYSTEMS
47. DEVELOPMENT OF EXTENSIONS FOR STANDARD COMPUTERS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS TO ALLOW ACCESS BY USERS WITH MOTOR IMPAIRMENTS
48. DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS TO QUANTIFY JOINT VELOCITY, TORQUE AND POWER DURING LIFTING TASKS
49. DEVELOPMENTAL ENHANCEMENT AND APPLICATION OF THE VA-CYBERWARE PROSTHETICS-ORTHOTICS OPTICAL LASER DIGITIZER
50. DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY
51. DIRECT MUSCLE ATTACHMENT: MULTIFUNCTIONAL CONTROL OF HANDS AND ARMS
52. DOES LEG STRENGTH INFLUENCE RISING FROM A CHAIR IN OLDER ADULTS?
53. DYNAMIC DIAGNOSTIC SOCKET/SKIN INTERFACE MONITORING USING A PROSTHESIS MOUNTED VIDEO CAMERA
54. DYNAMIC RESPONSE PROSTHETIC FEET AND THEIR ROLE IN HUMAN AMBULATION
55. EARLY DETECTION OF HEARING LOSS FROM OTOTOXIC AGENTS BY HIGH-FREQUENCY AUDITORY EVALUATION
56. EFFECT OF LACK OF AMPLIFICATION ON PERSONS WITH UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS
57. EFFECT OF PRESENCE VERSUS ABSENCE OF PROLONGED AMPLIFICATION ON AUDITION
58. EFFECT OF SUPPORTED STANDING AND UPPER BODY EXERCISE ON LOWER EXTREMITY SPASTICITY IN PERSONS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY
59. EFFECTS OF ROBOTIC-ASSISTED WEIGHT SUPPORT ON GAIT AND ENERGY EXPENDITURE
60. EFFECTS OF SEATING TYPE AND DISABILITY LEVEL ON STABILITY DURING DRIVING
61. EFFICACY OF AN AUDITORY REHABILITATION PROGRAM: A PILOT STUDY
62. ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS ON CNS AXONAL TRANSPORT IN SCI: A PILOT STUDY
63. ELECTRIC HUMERAL ROTATOR
64. ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION OF DIAPHRAGM FOR VENTILATORY ASSIST
65. ELECTRICAL CONTROL OF BLADDER AND BOWEL FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY
66. ENGAGING, RECRUITING, AND RETAINING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND MATH
67. Enhanced Carbon Filament Prostheses As Substrates For Regrowth Of Injured Spinal Cord: Electrophysiological Recovery
68. ENHANCED CARBON FILAMENT PROSTHESES AS SUBSTRATES FOR REGROWTH OF INJURED SPINAL CORD: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECOVERY
69. ERGONOMICS OF MANUAL WHEELCHAIR PROPULSION
70. EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF FES TECHNIQUES FOR EXERCISE
71. EVALUATION OF A NEW NUCLEUS COCHLEAR IMPLANT SPEECH PROCESSOR: A PILOT STUDY
72. EVALUATION OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
73. EXERCISE TESTING AND TRAINING OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS
74. FATIGUE AND RECOVERY OF FES-ACTIVATED PARALYZED MUSCLES
75. FEMORAL DISPLACEMENT IN ABOVE-KNEE SOCKETS
76. FES-AIDED PARAPLEGIC GAIT USING A CONTROLLED-BRAKE ORTHOSIS
77. FINITE ELEMENT MODELS TO ASSIST PROSTHETIC SOCKET DESIGN
78. FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS
79. FUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEMS FOR UPPER EXTREMITY CONTROL
80. FUNCTIONAL PARAPLEGIC WALKING WITH ELECTRICAL STIMULATION
81. FUNCTIONAL RESTORATION OF GRASP: A PILOT STUDY
82. GAIT ANALYSIS IN TKR PATIENTS
83. GAIT ANALYSIS OF PARAPLEGIC PATIENTS WALKING WITH MECHANICAL ORTHOSES AND FES
84. GENERAL INPUT DEVICE EMULATING INTERFACE (GIDEI) STANDARD VERSION 2
85. HEARING AID RESEARCH: IMPROVING THE SELECTION, FITTING, AND EVALUATION PROCESS
86. HIGH-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC STIMULATION OF THE BLADDER AND BOWEL: A PILOT STUDY
87. HIP JOINT BIOMECHANICS: THE EFFECTS OF FEMORAL HEAD ENDOPROSTHETIC REPLACEMENTS
88. IDENTIFICATION OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY FOR PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS BEGINNING JOBS AFTER GRADUATING FROM POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
89. IDENTIFICATION OF SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND STEPS NECESSARY FOR STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS ENTERING POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
90. IMPLANTABLE STIMULATION, TELEMETRY, AND TRANSDUCER SYSTEM FOR NEURAL CONTROL
91. IMPROVING EXERCISE PERFORMANCE OF QUADRIPLEGICS
92. IMPROVING PROSTHETIC PREHENSION
93. IMPROVING THE FUNCTIONAL UTILITY OF REHABILITATION ROBOTICS THROUGH ENHANCED SENSORY FEEDBACK: THE VIRTUAL HEADSTICK
94. INDIVIDUAL ADAPTABILITY AND ITS RELATION TO RECOVERY AFTER THERAPEUTICAL INTERVENTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
95. INVESTIGATION OF 4-BAR LINKAGE KNEES AS AN AID TO FLOOR CLEARANCE
96. KINESTHETIC PERCEPTION IN THE HAND AND ARM
97. LIGHTER WEIGHT ELECTRIC PREHENSOR
98. LOADS IN A PROSTHETIC PYLON USING STRAIN GAUGES
99. MANAGEMENT OF URINARY DISORDERS IN SCI
100. MEASUREMENT AND PREDICTION OF BENEFIT FROM AMPLIFICATION
101. MECHANICAL EFFECTS OF MUSCLE TENDON TRANSFER AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION
102. MODEL OF THE NEURO-MUSCULO-SKELETAL SYSTEM FOR HUMAN POSTURE AND GAIT
103. MODIFICATION OF TROMBONE TRIGGER ALLOWS PERFORMANCE ON THE TROMBONE BY PERSONS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES
104. MULTIMODAL CONTROL OF A REHABILITATION ROBOT
105. Neural Network Models to Assist Medical Imaging Systems for Prosthetic Fabrication
106. NEUROPROSTHETIC CONTROL OF BLADDER AND BOWEL IN SPINAL INJURY PATIENTS
107. NEW GRIP AID FOR LEPROSY PATIENTS
108. NEW STRATEGIES FOR LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE OF FEMORAL PROSTHESIS
109. OPTOKINETIC TESTING FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REHABILITATION OF BALANCE DISORDERS
110. ORTHOTIC FOOT APPLIANCES FOR LEPROSY PATIENTS: A STUDY BASED ON PODIATRIC PRINCIPLES
111. PARAPLEGIC WALKING MADE PRACTICAL WITH FNS AND ORTHOSES
112. PERINEUM STIMULATION FOR CONTROL OF URGE INCONTINENCE AND FREQUENCY
113. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF NEW CAD AND CAE TECHNIQUES TO SOCKET DESIGN
114. PROGRAMMABLE HEARING AIDS: EVALUATION AND PREDICTION OF BENEFIT
115. PROKINETIC AGENTS FOR CONSTIPATION IN SPINAL CORD PATIENTS: A PILOT STUDY
116. PROSTHETIC DESIGN FOR DYSVASCULAR BELOW-KNEE AMPUTEES
117. RECOGNITION OF HAND GESTURES BY PEOPLE WITH MOTOR IMPAIRMENTS: A PILOT STUDY
118. REHABILITATION OF PARALYZED MUSCLES BY SURFACE FES
119. REHABILITATION OF RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS: ACCESSORY MUSCLE STIMULATION
120. REHABILITATION OF URINARY INCONTINENCE USING STIMULATED MUSCLE FLAPS
121. REHABILITATION ROBOTICS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND OUTREACH
122. RELATIONSHIP IDENTIFICATION BETWEEN ELECTRICAL STIMULUS AND MUSCLE TORQUE FOR FES OPTIMIZATION IN PARAPLEGIC PATIENTS
123. RESEARCH IN INTERFACE METHODOLOGIES FOR AAC
124. RESTORATION OF GAIT FOR THE STROKE PATIENT
125. RESTORATION OF MUSCLE ACTIVITY THROUGH FES AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGY: THE RAFT PROJECT, A CONCERTED ACTION
126. RESTORATION OF ORAL FUNCTION WITH MAXILLARY BONE GRAFTS AND IMPLANTS
127. RESTORATION OF SIT-TO-STAND FUNCTION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS USING FNS
128. RESTORATION OF STANDING PIVOT TRANSFER FOR QUADRIPLEGIC PATIENTS USING A TOTALLY IMPLANTED FNS SYSTEM
129. SELECTING ITEMS FROM LISTS AND MENUS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
130. SHOULDER KINEMATICS DURING PROPULSION OF DIFFERENT WHEELCHAIR TYPES
131. SHOWSOUNDS AND SOUNDSENTRY: ACCESS TO COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD-OF-HEARING
132. SIGNAL PROCESSING AND HEARING AID DESIGN
133. SKIN PERFUSION PRESSURE RESPONSE MONITOR
134. SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR IMPROVED COMPUTER-AIDED PROSTHETIC SOCKET DESIGN
135. SPECIAL PROJECTS AND DEMONSTRATION: APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE - A COMMUNITY MODEL
136. STEPPING OVER AN OBSTACLE: A COMPARISON OF NEW AND EXPERIENCED PROSTHESIS USERS
137. STIMULATION OF RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR FUNCTION WITH ARRAYED SUBRETINAL MICROPHOTODIODE IMPLANTS: A PILOT STUDY
138. STUDY OF POLICY BARRIERS IMPEDING USE OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY BY PERSONS AGING WITH DISABILITIES
139. SUITABILITY OF TITANIUM ALLOY AS A JOINT REPLACEMENT BEARING SURFACE
140. TESTING OF CUSHIONING FOAMS TO DETERMINE THEIR MATERIAL RESPONSE
141. THE EFFECT OF FEMORAL COLLAR GEOMETRY IN HIP REPLACEMENT
142. THE HEAD READER -- A DISPLAY FOR SENSORY IMPAIRED BOWLERS
143. THE INITIATION OF HUMAN WALKING
144. THE NAVCHAIR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC ASSISTIVE WHEELCHAIR NAVIGATION
145. THIN-FILM PERIPHERAL NERVE ELECTRODE
146. THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF SCOLIOTIC DEFORMITIES AND EVALUATION OF TREATMENTS
147. TOUCHSCREEN ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND: "TALKING FINGERTIP" STRATEGY
148. TOWARD THE DESIGN OF A NEW PRONE CART: A PILOT STUDY
149. Trans Tibial Suspension Evaluation
150. TRANS-TRAIN: TRANSDISCIPLINARY TRAINING OF REHABILITATION PERSONNEL IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
151. TUBULAR PROSTHESES TO ENHANCE AND DIRECT NEURONAL REGROWTH IN SCI
152. ULTRASOUND FOR URINARY TRACT SURVEILLANCE OF PERSONS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY
153. UNI-FLEX: A UNIVERSAL-FLEXIBLE HUMAN INTERFACE PROTOCOL
154. UPDATE ON THE ELASTIC STRAIN ENERGY DISCUS LEG
155. UPPER BODY MOTION ANALYSIS FOR AMELIORATION OF FALLS IN THE ELDERLY
156. USE OF JOINT TORQUE, ENERGY, AND POWER IN CLINICAL GAIT EVALUATION
157. USE OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT AMONG PEOPLE AGING WITH A DISABILITY
158. VOCATIONAL TRAINING FACILITY
159. WATERSKI FOR A BILATERAL ABOVE-KNEE AMPUTEE
160. WEAR DEBRIS GENERATION IN HIP MODULAR HEAD AND NECK COMPONENTS
161. WHEELCHAIR EXERCISE AND DIGITAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR THE DETECTION OF HEART DISEASE
162. WHEELCHAIR PROPULSION PERFORMANCE IN YOUNG, MIDDLE-AGED, AND ELDERLY

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