Rehabilitation Engineering
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Rehabilitation Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Rehabilitation Engineering (subject code 3160310) as prescribed for Biomed · Semester 6 divides the course into 5 units, covering 60 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3160310)Unit 1 Introduction & Principle of Rehabilitation Engineering
- Definition of Rehabilitation
- Epidemiology of Rehabilitation
- Levels of Health Prevention
- Preventive Rehabilitation
- Diagnosis of Disability and Functionality of body organs
- relation between Impairment
- Primary & secondary Disabilities
- Rehabilitation team: Classification of members & their roles
- The Human Component in rehabilitation engineering
- Principles of Assistive Technology Assessment
- MODELS of Rehabilitation Engineering
- Principles of Rehabilitation Engineering
- Goals of Rehabilitation
Unit 2 Prosthetic & Orthotic Engineering
- Anatomy of upper & lower extremities - Classification of amputation types
- Prosthesis prescription - Components of upper limb prosthesis - Fabrication of prosthesis - Components of lower limb prosthesis
- different types of models for externally powered limb prosthetics
- Criteria for design of prosthesis
- Orthosis and its basic classification
- Traumatic injuries of upper extremities
- Air splints for traumatic injuries
- Dynamic splints for RN palsy
- cervical orthosis
- Types of cervical orthosis
- Various levels of osteoarthritis
- Knee brace for Knee OA, Polio and level of severity of polio
- Calipers for polio
- Ankle Foot Orthosis
- Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis
- Subject Code: 3160310 w.e.f
Unit 3 Mobility Aid in Rehabilitation Engineering
- Electronic Travel Appliances (ETA): Path Sounder
- Laser Cane
- Ultrasonic Torch
- Sonic Guide
- Light Probes
- Nottingham Obstacle Sensors
- Electro cortical Prosthesis
- Electro Roftalam
- Polarized Ultrasonic Travel aids
- Classification of wheelchairs
- Materials used for wheelchairs
- Types of Wheelchairs
- Structure and design aspects and criteria of wheel Chair
- Propulsion Systems
- Wheelchair Standards and Assessment of Wheelchairs
- Working of Electric Power Wheelchairs
Unit 4 Rehabilitation of Sensory organs
- Fundamentals of Sensory Substitution and Augmentation
- Basic Anatomy of Eye, Types of Visual Impairments
- Braille Reader
- Tactile devices for visually challenged
- Text voice converter
- screen readers
- Anatomy of ear – hearing functional assessment
- Types of deafness - Surgical and non-surgical hearing aids
- Cochlear implants - Assistive technology solutions for hearing disability with Tactile sensors
- Working of Speech Trainer
Unit 5 Application of Rehabilitation in various fields
- Computer applications in Rehabilitation Engineering
- Brain computer Interface (BCI)
- Application of robotics in Rehabilitation Engineering
- Sports in Rehabilitation Engineering
- Working operation of GAIT trainer
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