Industrial rehabilitation.

Exercise rehabilitation in the fourth industrial revolution

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Colloquium : Me 794 001

Recent advancements in robotics and clinical neuroscience have rendered possible the use of robots as therapeutic aids for physical rehabilitation. Implementation of robotics is particularly appealing in motor retraining cases, due to the intensive and repetitive nature of the exercises. The application of robotic technology to rehabilitation also presents new avenues in rehabilitation that wer...

To work or not to work: that is the question.

Medical publications contain numerous references to obstacles or disincentives confronting patients who wish to return to work after illness or injury. Current developments of importance to this aspect of medical practice and four recent studies, conducted in Edinburgh, that may contribute to the continuing debate about how best to deal with such problems are reviewed. The studies concern measu...

Low vision rehabilitation and ocular problems among industrial workers in a developing country.

AIM Work-related ocular injuries and illnesses were among the major causes of job absenteeism. This study was conducted to determine if low vision rehabilitation was provided following work-related ocular problems among industrial workers in a developing country. This was a retrospective analysis of case records. METHOD Randomly selected records of all employees from the Social Security Organ...

Feedback Visualisation in Virtual Reality-based Motor Rehabilitation

Luara Ferreira dos Santos, Rehabilitation Robotics Group (TU Berlin/ Fraunhofer IPK), Technische Universität Berlin, Department of Industrial Automation Technology, Germany Thomas Schüler, SALT AND PEPPER, Software Solution Center & University of Osnabrück, Germany Simon Hoermann, Department of Medicine (DSM) & Department of Information Science, University of Otago, New Zealand Henning Schmidt,...

Garston Manor: an experiment in rehabilitation.

as alterations to the patient's home. While medical rehabilitation is primarily the responsibility of the hospital team, many other people may be involved-in particular, the patient's general practitioner and the staff of voluntary organizations, local authorities, and Ministry of Health limb-fitting and appliance centres. The object of industrial rehabilitation is to find jobs for disabled wor...