IOSPress

Aims: to widely disseminate and archive assistive technology research summaries through publishing proceedings, monographs, and edited collective works.
To become the primary world-wide source of information in assistive technology research; through publishing state-of-the-science material across all continents.
Scope: assistive technology (AT) is any tool, equipment, system, or service designed to help develop, maintain or improve a person with a disability to function in all aspects of his or her life. Assistive technology helps people of all ages who may have a broad range of disabilities or limitations.
The scope of the Assistive Technology Research Book Series will accept manuscripts and proposals for a wide range of relevant topics. We are interested in assistive technology research to include, but not limited to:
- Design and development of new assistive technologies and the processes to achieve optimal design.
- Research into AT service delivery models, to include innovations and measure of quality assurance.
- Outcomes studies of devices, systems, equipment or services.
- Cross-cutting or fundamental technologies (e.g., robotics, mechatronics, software modeling, rapid prototyping) that will impact assistive technologies.
- Legislative, regulatory, or policy research with assistive technology implications.
- Studies of the usage of assistive technologies, including epidemiological and market studies.
- Educational or training methods or programs studies in assistive technology.
- Impact studies of emerging technologies, methods, policies or practices on assistive technology or people with disabilities.
- Preventative or interventional studies using assistive technology.
- Models for research or technology transfer in assistive technology.
- Cultural, economic, and societal issues in assistive technology.
- Interfaces of assistive technology across disciplines.

The series has been accepted by SciVerse Scopus. Volumes from 2006 onwards are available in ebook format: www.booksonline.iospress.nl.

Editor-in-Chief
Rory A. Cooper, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
USA
rcooper@pitt.edu

Editorial Board
Angel Gil Agudo, MD
National Hospital for Spinal Cord Injury
Spain

Geoff Bardsley, PhD
University of Dundee
United Kingdom

Robert Bingham, BME
Royal Perth Hospital
Australia

Christian Bühler, PhD
Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein
Germany
H S Chhabra, MD
India Spinal Injury Centre
India

Gerry Craddock, PhD
Central Remedial Clinic
Rep. of Ireland

Jin Dewen, PhD
Tsinghua University
China

Sten Ekman, PhD
Mälardalen University
Sweden

Martin Ferguson-Pell, PhD
University of London
United Kingdom

Shirley G. Fitzgerald, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
USA

Antal (Tony) Huba, PhD
Technical University of Budapest
Hungary

Jeffrey Jutai, PhD
University of Western Ontario
Canada

Kiyomi Matsuo, PhD
Saga University
Japan

Mounir Mokhtari
INT
France

Johan Molenbroek, PhD
Delft University of Technology
The Netherlands

Hisaichi Ohnabe, PhD
Niigata University of Health and Welfare
Japan

Paul F. Pasquina, MD
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
USA

Marcia Scherer, PhD
State University of New York
USA

Nigel Shapcott, MS
University of Swansea
United Kingdom

Richard Simpson, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
USA

Thijs Soede
iRv Institute
The Netherlands

Ronaldo de Souza Moraes, Jr., MEng
Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Brazil

Eric Tam, PhD
Hong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong

Osamu Tanaka, PhD
Yokohama Rehabilitation Center
Japan

Julian Verkaaik, MS
Burwood Academy of Independent Living
New Zealand

Howard Wactlar, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University
USA

Hans-Werner Wahl, PhD
University of Heidelberg
Germany

Lloyd Walker, PhD
University of Adelaide
Australia

Jue Wang, PhD
Xi’An Jiatong University
China

Brian Woods, PhD
University of York
United Kingdom

Lucas van der Woude, PhD
Free University of Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Yusheng Yang, PhD
Kaohsiung Medical University
Taiwan