ABSTRACT
Rehabilitation engineering is the branch of biomedical engineering that is concerned with the application of science and technology to improve the quality of life of individuals with disabilities. Areas addressed within rehabilitation engineering include wheelchairs and seating systems, access to computers, sensory aids, prosthetics and orthotics, alternative and augmentative communication, home and worksite modications, and universal design. Because many products of rehabilitation engineering require careful selection to match individual needs and oen require custom tting, rehabilitation engineers have necessarily become involved in service delivery and application as well as research, design, and development. erefore, as we expand on later, it is not only engineers who practice within the eld of rehabilitation engineering.
