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Quantitative Approach of Remote Accessibility Assessment System (RAAS) in Telerehabilitation

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Aging Friendly Technology for Health and Independence (ICOST 2010)

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Assessing the accessibility using 3D Virtual Reality and telecommunication technology has influenced home adaptation to improve accessibility in homes for individuals with disabilities, especially with Spinal Cord Injury. To provide clients with quantitative ideas on home adaptation with levels of accessibility, we propose a tentative method of measuring accessibility in home. There are a number of assessment protocols to assist rehabilitation professionals and architects in gaining wheelchair accessibility. In this paper, we briefly introduce quantitative assessment method of wheelchair accessibility in home. The feasibility of mathematical expressions of the quantitative accessibility was discussed.

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  1. Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Telerehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, U.S.A.

    Shinyoung Lim, Uzoh Ikpeama, Erik Porach & David M. Brienza

  2. National Rehabilitation Center - Research Institute, Seoul, Korea

    Jongbae Kim

  3. FAIA, Architectural Expert & Consultant, Haymarket, VA, 20169, U.S.A.

    Robert Dale Lynch

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  1. Yonsei University, 120-749, Seoul, Korea

    Yeunsook Lee  & Mignon Park  & 

  2. Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 689-798, Ulsan, Korea

    Z. Zenn Bien

  3. Institut TELECOM/TELECOM SudParis, 91011, Evry Cedex, France

    Mounir Mokhtari

  4. Kyung Hee University, 446-701, Yongin, Korea

    Jeong Tai Kim

  5. National Rehabilitation Center Research Institute, 142-884, Seoul, Korea

    Jongbae Kim

  6. Seoul National University of Technology, 139-743, Seoul, Korea

    Heyoung Lee

  7. Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Ismail Khalil

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Lim, S., Kim, J., Ikpeama, U., Porach, E., Lynch, R.D., Brienza, D.M. (2010). Quantitative Approach of Remote Accessibility Assessment System (RAAS) in Telerehabilitation. In: Lee, Y., et al. Aging Friendly Technology for Health and Independence. ICOST 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6159. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13778-5_32

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