Rehab Technology Glossary

A custom or pre-contoured seat and back system shaped to match an individual's body curves, distributing pressure and pr...

Complex Rehabilitation Technology; a category of individually configured, medically necessary assistive devices that dif...

Durable Medical Equipment; a category of reusable medical devices prescribed for home use, such as standard wheelchairs,...

A regulatory and billing category denoting medically necessary equipment designed for repeated use that serves a therape...

A wheelchair seating configuration that incorporates components allowing controlled movement—such as recline, pivot, or...

Informal shorthand for 'electrical stimulation,' encompassing any therapeutic application of electrical current to nerve...

A therapeutic technique in which surface or needle electrodes detect muscle electrical activity and relay the signal to...

An electronic assistive technology system that enables individuals with limited motor function to operate household devi...

A powered or passive external frame worn on the body that augments, supports, or restores limb movement, particularly fo...

Acronym for Functional Independence Measure, an 18-item standardised scale rating a rehabilitation patient's degree of f...

The angle, measured in degrees, at which a wheelchair footrest hanger is set relative to vertical, determining lower-lim...

A structured battery of standardised physical performance tests used to objectively measure a person's safe functional w...

A technique that applies low-level electrical currents to paralysed or weakened muscles to produce functional movement.

A rehabilitation modality in which electrical stimulation is synchronised with a cycling device to activate paralysed or...

A standardised 18-item clinical rating scale used in rehabilitation to assess a patient's level of disability and functi...

A validated clinical rating scale that classifies an individual's walking ability across three specific distances (5 m,...

A standardised clinical measure of dynamic balance assessed by recording how far an individual can reach forward beyond...

A formal document authored by a qualified clinician that provides clinical rationale, functional assessment findings, an...

The systematic measurement and interpretation of human locomotion, used to inform prosthetic, orthotic, and rehabilitati...

A standardised alphanumeric billing code from the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System, used in the US to identify...

A proximity-sensor or switch-based drive-control interface mounted around a wheelchair headrest, allowing users with lim...

A clinical measurement technique using a sensor mat placed between the body and a seating surface to assess pressure dis...

A power wheelchair control method in which the speed and direction of the chair correspond proportionally to the degree...

A Medicare functional classification scale (K0–K4) used to rate an amputee's rehabilitative potential and determine pros...