CRC Press is proud to have launched an innovative series, The Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series, which has published books and monographs based on cutting edge research and developments within all viable areas of the rehabilitation sciences. The publisher and series editors are committed to providing high quality books to a global audience of practitioners, researchers, scientists, and clinicians.
As we are fully aware of the rapidly evolving nature of the subject and its long impact on the quality of human life, this team of editors and publisher is resolved to making this series the most comprehensive and authoritative resource in the field of rehabilitation sciences. As of April 2015, CRC Press has published ten books within this series, with another four in development, to be published in 2016/2017.
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By Richard Schulz
March 09, 2018
A collaboration between leading scientists, practitioners, and researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, this book is a comprehensive resource describing Quality of Life technologies and their development, evaluation, adoption, and commercialization. It takes an ...
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By Stefano Federici, Marcia Scherer
December 05, 2017
Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook, Second Edition, proposes an international ideal model for the assistive technology assessment process, outlining how this model can be applied in practice to re-conceptualize the phases of an assistive technology delivery system according to the ...
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By Nuno M. Garcia, Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues
October 18, 2017
Addresses an Emerging Shift in Developing Countries The authors and contributors of Ambient Assisted Living have recognized that the demographic profile is changing in many developing countries and have factored in an inversion of the demographic pyramid. The technology of ambient assisted living ...
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By Richard J. Siegert, William M. M. Levack
October 12, 2017
Written to provide clinicians, educators, researchers, and students in rehabilitation with a comprehensive overview of the theory, practice, and evidence base of goal setting, this first-of-its-kind reference provides an authoritative, state-of-the-art knowledge of the practice. The authors cover a...
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By Stefano Federici, Marcia Scherer
April 06, 2017
The process of matching a person who has a disability with the most appropriate assistive technology requires a series of assessments, typically administered by multidisciplinary teams at specialized centers for technical aid. Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook fills the need for a reference ...
By Teodiano Bastos-Filho, Dinesh Kumar, Sridhar Poosapadi Arjunan
March 29, 2017
The development and application of assistive technology can help those with reduced abilities improve their quality of life and reduce their dependence on others. Written in layman’s terms, Devices for Mobility and Manipulation for People with Reduced Abilities provides research and information on ...
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By Marcia Finlayson
March 29, 2017
"MS is always in the back of your mind. If there is something you want to do, you always wonder if the MS will allow you do to it."—Darlene, living with MS for 22 years Living with multiple sclerosis (MS) is challenging and multidimensional. MS pervades all aspects of life: one’s body becomes ...
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By K. Rao Poduri
March 07, 2017
Geriatric Rehabilitation addresses the fact that this is an age in which individuals have increasing longevity, better health care, education and expectations of health care which present new, increasing and even radical challenges to health care providers. The care of our older patients in ...
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By Pedro Encarnação, Albert Cook
January 31, 2017
This book contains a comprehensive overview of all current uses of robots in rehabilitation. The underlying principles in each application are provided. This is followed by a critical review of the technology available, of the utilization protocols, and of user studies, outcomes, and clinical ...
By R. Lee Kirby
November 22, 2016
This book provides a wide spectrum of readers with comprehensive but easily understandable protocols for the assessment and training of wheelchair skills. The Wheelchair Research Team at Dalhousie University and the Capital District Health Authority in Halifax (lead by the author) have focused on ...
By Barbara Gibson
January 26, 2016
Rehabilitation is dedicated to helping people not only survive, but also thrive. Despite this complex goal, the organizing principles of rehabilitation still rely on biomedicine to construct disability as a problem of impaired bodies. Rehabilitation professionals are committed to helping to enhance...
By Dinesh K. Kumar, Sridhar P. Arjunan
October 20, 2015
Human Computer Interface Technologies for the Motor Impaired examines both the technical and social aspects of human computer interface (HCI). Written by world-class academic experts committed to improving HCI technologies for people with disabilities, this all-inclusive book explores the latest ...