China is home to about 85 million people with disabilities (PWD), there's about 20% of the total PWD population in Asia Pacific and easily the highest in the world. As of today, more than 80% of the PWD in China have no access to assistive and rehabilitative devices. Hence, it is of significant importance and timely that the 4th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology (i-CREATe) comes to China, and in this year, there is no better place than Shanghai --- the host city to the World Expo --- to host this event.
i-CREATe has achieved notable successes in its previous installments when it was held in Singapore (2007, 2009) and Thailand (2008). Over the past three years, the event has distinguished itself from other academic conferences by providing contents for all the stakeholders of assistive and rehabilitative technologies, and has won continued support from students, academics, professionals and the governments of Singapore and Thailand.
For i-CREATe 2010 Shanghai, we strive to build on top of this well-received concept to reach out to an even wider audience. For the fourth time, we are greatly honoured by the attendance of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindorn, Thailand. We are also elated by the partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nation to organize a workshop on Information and Communication Technology Accessibility. We are also fortunate to have the contributions from authors and experts from over 18 countries and regions. Last but not least, the ever popular Student Design Challenge has attracted a record number of 52 entries from more than 25 institutions of higher learning around the world.
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The current situations of computer assistive technology in learning in regular class school in Beijing
Based on the surveys of teachers in 42 learning in regular class schools in 11 districts and counties of Beijing, this study learnt that there was a general lack of computer assistive technology devices for students with special needs in learning in ...
An open-access repository of multimedia resources to support special needs instruction
An open-accessed online repository of multimedia resources named ePKhasSM, has been developed to support special needs instruction. The ePKhas repository can be accessed at http://epkhas.ses.usm.my. There are six types of multimedia resources in ePKhas. ...
Information for everyone using any phone: global development via education, entrepreneurship & innovation
As we all know, in this Information Age, information is money" like "time is money". The largest source of information is the Internet. Hence, it is important that everyone can access the Internet easily and economically. It is needless to mention the ...
Preliminary exploration on augmentative and alternative communication for Chinese adults with speech-language disorder
Recent years, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has been rising in China. In order to promote the application of AAC in rehabilitation of China, this article provided a brief introduction of AAC, described the communication difficulties ...
Perception of graphic symbols for Thai picture-based communication system
Graphic symbols are a vital part of most augmentative and alternative communication system. Communication fluency of graphic symbol user depends on how well the relationship between symbols and its referents are learnt. The primary aim of this study is ...
Analysis of multi-meaning graphic symbols for Thai picture-based communication system
Graphic symbols which could convey multiple meanings are available to be considered as the multi-meaning icons. This article aims to demonstrate the analysis of multi-meaning graphic symbols which will be used in the Thai Picture-based Communication ...
The bridge to literacy: a literacy approach for all students including those who use augmentative and alternative communication
It is imperative that individuals who experience Complex Communication Needs (CCN) develop sophisticated literacy skills in order to maximize their participation with as wide a range of communication partners as possible. Without the requisite mature ...
Innovation or diffusion?: three scenarios of vocational education settings in ICT practices for people with learning difficulties in China
We reveal that, despite the high expectations and continuous investment of ICT in education, the technology hasn't been explored and exploited fully to meet the special needs. This is an issue, which we urgently require a more exploratory and cross ...
Mandarin Chinese communication board: Pixon®
Pixon® manual communication board was created after the first Mandarin Chinese augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system was developed. It is based on the same design principles and concept, which is the selection and use of high-frequency ...
Thermal therapy with heartbeat observation
Purpose. The size distribution of heartbeat intervals exhibits universal patterns that follow the approximate power law distribution. Using detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA), which can check the power law, we studied the heartbeats of subjects who ...
Resistance exercise combined with vascular restriction improves endothelial function and insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
This study examined the effect of resistance exercise, combined with vascular restriction, on endothelial function and insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Twenty-two subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus were randomly divided ...
Prediction of energy consumption in a daily life according to the intensity of physical activity
The purpose of this study was to predict accurate energy consumption in a daily life according to the intensity of physical activity. To find simple and accurate equation, the following procedures are used; first, the experiment was performed using two ...
Exercise contribute to attenuation of inflammation and oxidative stress in adipose tissue of IR rats
This study examined the effect of exercise on SOD, MDA and TNF-α of insulin resistance rats' adipose tissue, so that investigate the mechanism of exercise improve insulin resistance. Twenty-three SD rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: control ...
Research on the digital signal processing of pulse wave in oscillometric method based blood pressure measurement
Home blood monitoring electronic sphygmomanometer is of easy operating and convenient for carrying. However, the accuracy and the repeatability of most products are far from satisfactory. One of the reasons is that the embedded signal processing ...
Wearable pulse oximeter for health monitoring based on ZigBee mesh network
In this work, a portable real-time wireless health monitoring system is developed. The system is used for remote monitoring of patients' heart rate and oxygen saturation in blood. The system was designed and implemented using ZigBee wireless ...
The method of spike feature extraction based on HHT
It's essential to classify neurons firings to study the dynamic mechanism of neural spikes. Spike feature extraction is a key step in automatic spike sorting. Spikes cann't be sorted correctly without proper features. This paper introduces a new method ...
The association between pulse wave velocity and metabolic syndrome of the aged
The present study was conducted to evaluate the influences of age and gender on the results of noninvasive aortic (the common carotid to femoral artery) PWV, arm (the brachial to radial artery) PWV, and leg (the femoral to dorsalis pedis artery) PWV in ...
Test of portable healthcare device for electromagnetic wave effects
In door, in electromagnetic wave environments, electromagnetic compatibility and analyzing human physical symptoms in using electromagnetic devices were evaluated with sticking detector type's home healthcare ECG equipment among healthcare products. ...
Mechanism design of a novel two degree-of-freedom ankle rehabilitation robot
Ankle rehabilitation robot is commonly used to help people recover from ankle sprain, ligaments stretched, torn or muscle numbness. This paper proposes a novel two degree-of-freedom ankle rehabilitation robot according to the patients' rehabilitation ...
Bilateral movement training with computer games for stroke rehabilitation
Stroke is the most common cause of complex disability and many patients do not achieve adequate motor recovery of the upper limb with current rehabilitation procedures. Evidence supporting the use of bilateral arm training and virtual reality during ...
A novel PNF-based rehabilitation robot for upper-limb of stroke patients
This paper proposes a novel neuron-rehabilitation robot for upper-limb of post-stroke patients. The robot is driven by a single motor and provides PNF therapy to a patient's arm that consists of shoulder, elbow and wrist. To begin with, we will provide ...
A network structure of FES system for neurorehabilitation of patients with stroke and spinal cord injury
A distributed network structure of Functional Electrical Stimulation (DNS-FES) system is proposed in this paper for rehabilitation applications to patients with stroke and spinal cord injury (SCI). The network structure can be used to control both ...
An improved multi-channel cortical recording and stimulation system
Rolston et al. (2009) [1] designed an easy-to-use, modifiable, and inexpensive system for multi-electrode neural recording and closed-loop stimulation. The system can recover rapidly from stimulation artifacts and allow short-latency action potentials (<...
Rehabilitation application of a haptic device for upper limbs disable
Interest in the devices for rehabilitation applications have been increasing. And the devices before have proved that they might assist in and quantify the rehabilitation for upper limbs disable caused by stroke. This paper is to introduce ...
User-tracking mobile floor projection virtual reality game system for paediatric gait & dynamic balance training
In this project, an innovative integration of optical infra-red motion capture system, ultra-short throw projector, belt driven linear motor and game programming is proposed to create a novel interactive mobile floor projection game system for ...
A phenomenological model for electrical stimulation of the upper limb
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) reanimates the paralyzed limb by using electrical currents to stimulate the motor nerves to produce a muscle contraction. The resulting limb movement is difficult to control, as the relationship between ...
RST-based fuzzy TS control strategy for the power control of FES cycling system
The aim of this work was to develop the control strategy and an engineering method for the FES cycling system to achieve regular periods of mobile FES cycling with paraplegic subjects. The study utilised a fuzzy TS control strategy to adapt the fatigue ...
Electrical stimulation of hip adductors and abductors improves gait parameters of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy: -pilot study-
Electrical stimulation (ES) of the hip adductor and abductor muscles simultaneously during functional walking training has never been reported as a management option to improve gait in spastic diplegic children. Objective: To investigate the effects of ...
Discussion on accelerating peripheral nerve regeneration by percutaneous electrical stimulation
Aim Explore the clinical effect of percutaneous nerve and muscle electrical stimulation on treating peripheral nerve injuries.
Methods Nineteen patients with peripheral nerve injuries were treated with percutaneous nerve and muscle electrical ...
An evaluation method on hand function to accomplish specific tasks
Currently evaluation of hand function is mainly based on scales, but it is unattached with objective measurement results and the classification boundary of ability to complete specific tasks is not obvious. This paper presented an evaluation method on ...
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