| Summary |
Annotation Millions of individuals experience impaired mobility usually accompanied by limited to no manual dexterity The cost associated with these disabilities includes not only those incurred through medical and support services, but also less tangible costs, such as those due lost wages and non productivity The goals of rehabilitation are to ameliorate life limiting disabilities and facilitate community re entry While restoration of function is the most positive outcome of rehabilitation, compensatory strategies are also employed when natural function cannot be restored A particularly promising approach is the use of assistive technologies to extend an individual s functionality and substitute for compromised functions This symposium will highlight the latest results from world leading research labs and industry in the field of robotic rehabilitation and assistive technologies |
