CBM364 Rehabilitation Engineering Syllabus:
CBM364 Rehabilitation Engineering Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The objective of this course is to enable the student to
• Explain the need for medical aids.
• Understand the sensory rehabilitation systems.
• Learn the use of orthopedic prosthetics and orthotics in rehabilitation.
• Understand virtual reality in rehabilitation
• Have an understanding of rehabilitation medicine and advocacy.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO REHABILITATION
Definition – Impairments, disabilities and handicaps, Primary and secondary disabilities, Activities of daily living, Appropriate Technology, Residual function. Rehabilitation. Rehabilitation team – members and their functions. Rehabilitation care –Need for proper delivery of rehabilitation care, Community based rehabilitation and its aspects.
UNIT II ENGINEERING CONCEPTS IN SENSORY AUGMENTATION AND SUBSTITUTION
Sensory augmentation and substitution- Visual system: Visual augmentation, Tactual vision substitution, and Auditory vision substitution. Auditory system- Auditory augmentation, Hearing aids, cochlear implants, visual auditory substitution, tactual auditory substitution. Tactual system – Tactual augmentation, Tactual substitution.
UNIT III ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS
Engineering concepts in motor rehabilitation, Artificial limbs- body powered, externally powered and controlled orthotics and prosthetics, Myoelectric hand and arm prosthetics. Functional Electrical Stimulation systems-Restoration of hand function, restoration of standing and walking, Hybrid Assistive Systems (HAS).
UNIT IV VIRTUAL REALITY
Introduction to virtual reality, Virtual reality based rehabilitation, Hand motor recovery systems with Phantom haptics, Robotics and Virtual Reality Applications in Mobility Rehabilitation.
UNIT V REHABILITATION MEDICINE AND ADVOCACY
Physiological aspects of Function recovery, Psychological aspects of Rehabilitation therapy, Legal aspect available in choosing the device and provision available in education, job and in day-to-day life.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to
CO1: Summarize the key terminologies used by the rehabilitation team.
CO2: Illustrate Engineering Concepts in Sensory & Motor rehabilitation.
CO3: Design different orthotics and prosthetics for rehabilitation applications.
CO4: Summarize the need of virtual reality tools for different aids.
CO5: Appraise the legal aspects for building rehabilitation aids for the needed people.
TEXTBOOKS
1. Joseph D Bronzino, “The Biomedical Engineering Handbook”. 2nd edition, CRC Press, 2000.
2. Robinson C.J, “Rehabilitation Engineering”, CRC Press, 2006.
REFERENCES
1. Sashi S Kommu, “Rehabilitation Robotics”, 1st edition, CRC Press, 2007.
2. Sunder, “Textbooks of Rehabilitation”, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2nd Edition, Reprint 2007.
3. Horia- Nocholai Teodorecu, L.C.Jain, “Intelligent systems and technologies in rehabilitation Engineering”, CRC; December 2000
4. Etienne Grandjean, Harold Oldroyd, “Fitting the task to the man”, Taylor & Francis, 1988.
5. Keswick. J., “What is Rehabilitation Engineering, Annual Reviews of Rehabilitation”, Springer Verlag, New York, 1982.
6. Warren E. Finn, Peter G. Lopressor, “Handbook of Neuroprosthetic Methods”,CRC, 2002.
7. Roy A Cooper (Editor), Hisaichi Ohnabe (Editor), Douglas A. Hobson (Editor), “An Introduction to Rehabilitation Engineering (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering” CRC Press, 2000