Basic Conception and Prospect of Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology
ZHU Tu-ling
Abstract：The conceptions and characteristics of five basic terms,including rehabilitation engineering,assistive technology,assistive devices,assistive technology service and accessibility,were discussed briefly in this paper.The newest ISO 9999 Assistive Products for Per-sons with Disability-Classification and Terminology(sixth edition)published in 2016 was also introduced.In the future,assistive technolo-gy and rehabilitation engineering would be normalized as assistive health technology to carry out global cooperation(GATE),Priority Assis-tive Products List including 50 kinds of assistive products published by World Health Organization would be a model to make assistive poli-cy and project,assistive technology services would be standardized,assistive technology would continue to innovate,assistive technologies and therapy would be integrated,as well as assistive technologies and rehabilitation medicine,etc.
Keywords：rehabilitation engineeringassistive technologyassistive devicesassistive technology serviceaccessibility
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 1330-1335 )