Dudley Childress, one of the first graduates of the biomedical engineering PhD program at the McCormick School of Engineering who went on to conduct important work in rehabilitation engineering, ...

A team of Rice University mechanical and electrical engineering students has developed an interactive, modular rehabilitation system designed to make stroke recovery more engaging, adaptable and ...

Advances ill rehabilitation science are essential to realizing the Nation's commitment to equal opportunity, economic self-sufficiency, and full participation of Americans with disabilities. There are ...

Around two-thirds of stroke patients struggle with impaired mobility. Behaviors that were previously straightforward, such as walking, showering oneself or getting dressed, become difficult if not ...

Rehabilitation engineering applies engineering principles and technologies to restore, reinforce or compensate for lost physical functions. It encompasses the design of assistive devices, therapeutic ...

The Rehabilitation Engineering and Behavioral/Health Promotion Technology (REBHPT) core was designed to offer behavior and rehabilitation technology development, intervention, and evaluation services.

Models assist understanding by allowing one to examine and think about something that is not the real thing, but that may be similar to the real thing. People use a variety of models to obtain a ...

From left to right, Team TacTile includes Tomi Kuye, Brian Mercado, Amelia Pillar, Mina Schepmann, Avery Janenda and Hannah Wixom. A team of Rice University mechanical and electrical engineering ...

The NSF Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering program supports fundamental engineering research that will improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities through: development of new ...