Research Guides: What Can a Body Do? (First Year Read, 2024): LIMB: Rehabilitation Engineering

Limb

Image: prosthetic limb by IconPai from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0)

“A body — any body — will take its cues, bend the available resources, and invent its being with the matter around it.”
(What Can a Body Do?, p. 64)

Projects

OLIN COLLEGE ADAPTATION + ABILITY GROUP

Socket and Limb with Chris Hinojosa (Olin College, 2015)
Engineer Chis Hinojosa worked with the Adaptation + Ability Group to design a tool that would help him when rock-climbing. Two teams worked on different approaches: the socket and the extension. Includes more about Chris and the results of the work.

CINDY'S ENGINEERING AT HOME

After an accident, Cindy had to relearn how to accomplish many simple tasks. She uses household items in alternative ways to complete motions such as pulling, squeezing, cutting and lifting.

Engineering at Home: Adaptations (S.Hendren and C. Lynch)
The full list of adaptations and the tools she uses as well as more about Cindy, by Sara Hendren and Caitrin Lynch.

Jaipur Foot

Jaipur foot production in progress

Nadya Peek, November 2017, https://www.flickr.com/photos/nadya/4809954143/
CC BY 2.0

BMVSS Jaipur Foot
"BMVSS [Shree Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti] provides artificial limbs (Jaipur foot variety), calipers, wheelchairs, tricycles (hand paddled), crutches, hearing aids etc."
The “Jaipur Foot”: India’s Most Popular Prosthetic for Amputees Is Not the Latest in Technology, but It's Still the Most Suitable Option for Many Patients Almost 50 Years after Its Development (H.Mysore, IEEE Pulse, 2016)
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Mysore, H. (2016). The “Jaipur Foot”: India’s most popular prosthetic for amputees is not the latest in technology, but it's still the most suitable option for many patients almost 50 years after its development. IEEE Pulse, 7(3), 30–33. https://doi.org/10.1109/MPUL.2016.2539798

Rehabilitation Engineering

Rehabilitation Engineering (National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering)
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NBIB) defines the term and describes the range of technologies and techniques that are included in rehabilitation engineering, as well as research on the subject funded by the NBIB.
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
RESNA is a professional organization "dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of people with disabilities through increasing access to technology solutions." RESNA publishes the peer-reviewed scholarly journal, Assistive Technology, and runs a student paper competition.

What Can a Body Do? (First Year Read, 2024)

Limb

Image: prosthetic limb by IconPai from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0)

Projects

OLIN COLLEGE ADAPTATION + ABILITY GROUP

CINDY'S ENGINEERING AT HOME

Jaipur Foot

Rehabilitation Engineering

REHABILITATION ENGINEERING: BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY

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Control of Prosthetic Hands

Assistive and Rehabilitation Engineering

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