External Links

• Related Activities at Sites of the RERC-AMI
• Government Agencies and Sites Related to Rehabilitation
• Human Factors / Usability Resources for Medical Devices
• Standards Activities Relevant to User Interface Design
• Medical Device Industry Associations
• Assistive Technology Resources
• Rehabilitation and Medical Associations/Societies
• Rehab / Disability Policy Sites
• Accessibility & Disability Resources
• Disease/Disability Advocacy Associations/Societies
• Movement Biomechanics Related Lists/Resources
• Rehabilitation Therapy Lists
• On-Line Rehabilitation Journals & Magazines
• Rehabilitation Training Programs & Organizations in Wisconsin
• Emerging Medical Technologies
• June Issacson Kailes' many links
• CDIHP links

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Related Activities at Sites of the RERC-AMI

CDIHP Accessible Healthcare Series

• Tools for Decreasing Health Care Barriers
• Importance of Accessible Examination Tables
• Importance of Accessible Weight Scales
• Health Care Facilities Access
• Choosing and Negotiating an Accessible Business Location
• Tax Incentives for Improving Accessibility

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Government Agencies and Government-Supported Sites Related to Rehabilitation:

NIDRR:

• Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers
• NIDRR's Long-Range Plan
• NARIC's Instant Disability Information Center
• NARIC's REHABDATA Database

NIH:

• National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
• National Institute for Neurological Disorgers and Stroke
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
• National Institute for Aging

VA:

• VA Rehabilitation R&D
• VA Rehabilitation R&D Service
• VA Links

NSF:

• Biomedical Engineering and Research to Aid the Disabled

FDA:

• Center for Devices and Radiological Health
• FDA's Human Factors Program

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Human Factors / Usability Resources for Medical Devices

• Human Factors MD
• FDA's Human Factors Program
  • "Do to By Design: An Introduction to Human factors in Medical Devices" (Sawyer)
  • Medical Device Use-Safety: Incorporating Human Factors
    Engineering into Risk Management (by FDA's R. Kaye and J. Crowley, 2000)
  • FDA's Human Factors Information for Manufacturers/Distributors
• HHS's Usability.gov site (mostly on web accessibility)
  • Accessibility Guidelines (for web sites)
  • Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guide
• Human factors/usability links from Human Factors International
• Eleven keys to designing error-resistant medeical devices (by Michael Wiklund, MDDI archives, 2002)
• useit.com - Jakob Nielsen's site, jnd.org - Don Norman's site
• Basics of Usability and Human Factors Engineering Assessment Tools

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Standards Activities Relevant to User Interface Design

• Access-related Activities of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C, part of a collection of Standards/Guidelines that help form the future for the evolving Web)
  • Web Accessibility Initiative - The central site for web accessibility, includes the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
  • Device Independence - Striving for access to a unified Web from any device in any context by anyone, with a focus on mobile devices
  • Multimodal Interaction Activity - Extending the Web to support multiple modes of interaction
  • Ubiquitous Web Domain - Striving for Web access for anyone, anywhere, anytime, using any device
  • Semantic Web - Providing a common framework for epressing, sharing and reusing data across application, enterprise, and community boundaries, based on the Resource Description Framework (RDF) that we also use for part of the UI Socket/URC Standard (links just below)
• ANSI/INCITS 389-393:2005 "V2 Standard" for User Interface Socket / Universal Remote Consoles (UI Socket/URCs)
  • URC Consortium (myurc site for V2) maintained by the Trace Center
    • V2 simulation environment
    • V2 URC Standards Whitepaper by Gregg Vanderheiden and Gottfried Zimmermann
  • RERC-AMI's MedURC simulation that demonstrates personalized interfaces for medical devices
  • UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) standard
    

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Medical Device Industry Associations

• Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) (formerly HIMA - Health Industry Manufacturers Association)
• AdvaMed Medical Technology Learning Institute
• Health Industry Distributors Association
• Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)

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Assistive Technology Resources

• ABLEDATA
• AssistiveTech.Net
• NARIC (National Rehabilitation Information Center)
• Axistive Assistive Technology News Portal

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Rehabilitation & Medical Associations/Societies:

Professional Societies:

• RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America)
• American Association for Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
• IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMB)
• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
• American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• American Therapeutic Recreation Association
• Association of Academic Physiatrists
• American Society of NeuroRehabilitation
• American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
• International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO)

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Rehabilitation/Disability Policy Sites:

• US Government's Guide to Disability Rights Laws (US Dept of Justice)
• ADA Homepage (US Dept of Justice)
• International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet

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Accessibility & Disability Resources:

• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which coordinates the Web Accessibility Initiative to develop access standards and protocols for the Web
• Summary of Section 508 Rules (for Electronic & Information Technology Procurement)
• Access Board Documents:
  • Communication and Information Technology Resources
  • TAAC (Telecommunications Access Advisory Committee) Final Report
• Center for Information Technology Accommodation

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Disease/Disability Advocacy Associations/Societies:

• APACURE Spinal Cord Injury Information
• The National Easter Seal Society
• National Spinal Cord Injury Association
• Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (for spinal cord injury)
• National Stroke Association
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
• Spina Bifida Association of America
• Spinal Cord Society
• American Stroke Association
• American Heart Association
• The United Cerebral Palsy Associations
• Parents with Disabilities Online
• Disability Resources
• Directory of Athletes with Disabilities Organizations

Movement Biomechanics Related Lists/Resources:

• BIOMCH-L - Biomechanics related discussions (mainly related to gross human motion)
• CGA - Clinical Gait Analysis listserver plus clinical cases and a virtual reality tour of a gait lab
• Biomechanics World Wide (links)
• Biomechanics Magazine
• American Society of Biomechanics (ASB)

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Rehabilitation Therapy Lists:

• PTHER - physical therapy list (treatment and clinical management)
• PHYSIO - Click to send email for this physiotherapy list (UK list)
• REHAB-RU - rehabilitation and physical medicine list

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On-Line Rehabilitation Journals & Magazines:

• Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• VA Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development
• BioMechanics Magazine Home Page
• Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery and Related Subjects
• Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics
• Rehab Report

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Rehabilitation Training Programs & Organizations in Wisconsin:

• Rehab Bioengineering Activities and Training at Marquette University
• Department of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University
• MCW Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)
• Physical Therapy at Marquette University
• Occupational Therapy at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Speech Pathology and Audiology at Marquette University
• Rehabilitation for Wisconsin, Inc.
• Trace Center, with RERCs on Universal Access & Telecom (UW, Madison)

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Emerging Medical Technologies

• MedGadget - an internet "journal" of emerging medical technologies