Disability: Proceedings of a seminar on rehabilitation of the disabled in relation to clinical and biomechanical aspects, costs and effectiveness, held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, in August, 1978

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
Opening Remarks and Welcome to Participants....Pages 1-2
Disability and Rehabilitation — Achievements and Possibilities....Pages 3-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Rehabilitation Concepts, Social and Economic Aspects of Assistive Devices....Pages 11-24
Rehabilitation Medicine in the United Kingdom — Specialty or Special Interest?....Pages 25-36
Rehabilitation Progress in Northern Ireland....Pages 37-40
Limb Fitting Centres and Rehabilitation in Developing Countries....Pages 41-49
Rehabilitation: The International State of the Art....Pages 50-54
Education and Training in Prosthetics and Orthotics — National and International Programmes....Pages 55-63
The Logistics of Technology for the Handicapped....Pages 64-74
Rehabilitation — Concept, Policies, Costs — With Particular Reference to the Clinical Scene in Scotland....Pages 75-86
The Economics of Rehabilitation....Pages 87-100
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Quantification of Ataxia....Pages 109-114
Romberg’s Test Computerised A Measurable Biologic Parameter With Clinical Applications....Pages 115-123
Force Visualisation as a Method of Gait Analysis....Pages 124-130
Footswitch Definition of Basic Gait Characteristics....Pages 131-135
Footswitches....Pages 136-140
Problems of Evaluation in Remedial Therapy....Pages 141-144
Amputee Performance Measurement Outside the Laboratory....Pages 145-153
Ambulatory Activity Measurement....Pages 154-158
Rehabilitation Ambulatory Monitoring....Pages 159-172
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Pedobarographic Foot — Pressure Measurements and Their Applications....Pages 173-181
Load Sharing Within the Forefoot....Pages 182-184
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Rehabilitation of the Elderly....Pages 193-196
Some Innovations in Rehabilitation Services for the Elderly....Pages 197-198
Pressure Sores and the Elderly — Comments On Cost Effectiveness....Pages 199-201
A Comparison of the Incidence of Pressure Sores In Hospital and Home Based Patients....Pages 202-206
Successes and Failures in Rehabilitation....Pages 207-209
Amputee Rehabilitation: A Scottish Survey....Pages 210-215
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Implants: Concepts and Trends....Pages 223-229
Design Concepts and Results of Surface Replacement Procedures for the Hip Joint....Pages 230-252
Aspects of Major Bone and Joint Replacement and Its Cost Effectiveness....Pages 253-273
Gait Assessment of Total Joint Replacement Patients by Means of Step Parameters and Hip — Knee Angle Diagrams....Pages 274-284
Biomechanics of the Shoulder and Elbow....Pages 285-295
Constraint in Knee Replacement....Pages 296-299
The Influence of knee Coronal Angle on knee Joint Loading....Pages 300-305
The Design and Biomechanics of a Sliding Meniscus Knee Prosthesis....Pages 306-309
Some Problems of Revision After Failed Knee Replacement....Pages 310-317
Finger Joint Biomechanics....Pages 318-332
Pathology of the Arthritic Knee in Relation to the Choice of a Replacement Prosthesis....Pages 333-335
The development of Elbow Replacements....Pages 336-341
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
A Consumer’s View....Pages 349-353
Modular Limbs, Concepts and Achievements....Pages 354-361
The Present State of Prosthetic Development in Belgium....Pages 362-365
Cosmetic Aspects of Modular Prostheses....Pages 366-368
Evaluation of Above Knee Modular Assembly Prostheses....Pages 369-374
New Unconventional Prosthesis for Above-Knee Amputees....Pages 375-384
Vacuum Formed Thermoplastic Sockets for Prostheses....Pages 385-390
An Ultralight Below-Knee Prosthesis....Pages 391-399
The Patellar-Tendon-Bearing (PTB) Suction Prosthesis....Pages 400-403
Life, Work and Artificial Limbs — A Consumer’s View....Pages 404-411
The Tucker Syme Prosthesis....Pages 412-417
Front Matter....Pages 423-423
Paediatric Orthotics....Pages 425-434
Present Status of the Amoll (Active Modular Orthosis for Lower Limb) Project....Pages 435-441
Clinical, Biomechanical and Economic Aspects of the Cast-Brace Treatment of Femoral Shaft Fractures....Pages 442-449
Use of Plastic Ankle — Foot Orthoses in the Rehabilitation of the Elderly Hemiplegic....Pages 450-461
Some Influences on the Design and Production of Polypropylene Ankle — Foot Orthoses for the Young Cerebral Palsied Child....Pages 462-470
Wheelchair Biomechanics....Pages 471-477
Body support Surfaces for the Sitting Patient....Pages 478-484
Evaluation of the Ljubljana Electronic Peroneal Brace....Pages 485-492
Clinical Experiences at the Prosthetic — Orthotic Laboratory of the University of California, Los Angeles....Pages 493-500
Front Matter....Pages 509-510
Standards and Specifications....Pages 511-514
Assessment, Prescription and Rehabilitation....Pages 515-516
Consumer Aspects Including Cost-Effectiveness....Pages 517-519
Back Matter....Pages 520-524