BME 481
Rehabilitation Engineering
2
Course Description
Upon completion of the subject, students should be able to:
1. apprehend the clinical fundamentals of injuries and dysfunctions;
2. recognise and apply fundamental knowledge of engineering in the rehabilitation of clients
suffering from selected injury and body dysfunction;
3. use analytical skills to assess and evaluate the needs of the end-user requiring
rehabilitation and assistive devices;
4. conduct patient/technology evaluation via the use of modern instrumentation;
5. apply rehabilitation engineering technology to help individuals with disabilities; and
6. appreciate safe working practices in rehabilitation engineering.
Course Outline
Introduction to rehabilitation engineering: technology and disability. Assistive technologies:
implants, prostheses, and artificial organs in rehabilitation; Wheelchair and others.
Rehabilitation robotics: aids for physically handicapped people. Rehabilitation in Special areas:
Rehabilitation in Sports; Physiotherapeutic technologies; Psychiatric devices; orthopaedic
devices, etc.