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A walk around any shopping mall will provide encounters with folks who are actively using rehabilitation aids. Their needs may have arisen as the result of war injuries and amputations or hereditary conditions. However, a noticeable proportion of those in wheelchairs are diabetes patients, the obese, or those suffering from emphysema.

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  1. College of Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    George R. Baran

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Mohammad F. Kiani

  3. Orthopedic Surgery Bioengineering Laboratory, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Solomon Praveen Samuel

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Baran, G.R., Kiani, M.F., Samuel, S.P. (2014). Rehabilitation Technologies. In: Healthcare and Biomedical Technology in the 21st Century. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8541-4_14

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