Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series
About the Book Series
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.
Computer Systems Experiences of Users with and Without Disabilities: An Evaluation Guide for Professionals
1st Edition
By Simone Borsci, Masaaki Kurosu, Stefano Federici, Maria Laura Mele
March 09, 2018
This book provides to manufacturers, designers and evaluation professionals the necessary tools for balancing design and the assessment phases during the product lifecycle. It proposes an integrated model of interaction evaluation for a holistic analysis of the user experience by both discussing in...
Quality of Life Technology Handbook
1st Edition
Edited
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 ...
Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook
2nd Edition
Edited
By Stefano Federici, Marcia J. 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 ...
Ambient Assisted Living
1st Edition
Edited
By Nuno M. Garcia, Joel Jose 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 ...
Assistive Technology for Blindness and Low Vision
1st Edition
Edited
By Roberto Manduchi, Sri Kurniawan
October 12, 2017
Assistive technology has made it feasible for individuals with a wide range of impairments to engage in many activities, such as education and employment, in ways not previously possible. The key factor is to create consumer-driven technologies that solve the problems by addressing the needs of ...
Rehabilitation Goal Setting: Theory, Practice and Evidence
1st Edition
Edited
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...
Neuroprosthetics: Principles and Applications
1st Edition
By Justin C. Sanchez
July 26, 2017
Master the tools of design thinking using Neuroprosthetics: Principles and Applications. Developed from successfully tested material used in an undergraduate and graduate level course taught to biomedical engineering and neuroscience students, this book focuses on the use of direct neural sensing ...
Devices for Mobility and Manipulation for People with Reduced Abilities
1st Edition
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 ...
Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation: From Impairment to Participation
1st Edition
Edited
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 ...
Rehabilitation: A Post-critical Approach
1st Edition
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...
Human-Computer Interface Technologies for the Motor Impaired
1st Edition
By Dinesh K. Kumar, Sridhar Poosapadi 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 ...
Rethinking Rehabilitation: Theory and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Kathryn McPherson, Barbara E. Gibson, Alain Leplege
March 19, 2015
Rethinking Rehabilitation: Theory and Practice presents cutting-edge thinking on rehabilitation from a range of leading rehabilitation researchers. The book emphasizes discussion on the place of theory in advancing rehabilitation knowledge, unearthing important questions for policy and practice, ...