ABSTRACT
Preliminary to the designing of engineering modifications to the work environment is the need to determine an individual's physical functioning on a quantitative basis. In 1977, an effort was initiated through the Rehabilitation Engineering Centre at Wichita State University to analyse the information obtained from the assessment of adults with disability. Further refinements were designed in both the assessment sequence and the data analysis system. Research was undertaken in 1983 to investigate the utility of applying the Available Motions Inventory (AMI) assessment to prevocational individuals. The AMI is designed to examine the subject's ability to perform small components of work. The AMI evaluation system is in use in the US, Canada, and Egypt. Users have developed their own areas of emphasis in applying AMI information. The AMI equipment was designed by surveying local worksites to determine the task requirements to perform work in an industrial setting.
