The current issue of the Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development (JRRD), a publication of Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, includes eight manuscripts that discuss recent advances in diagnostic tools in several fields of rehabilitation medicine, including prosthetics, orthopedics, and audiology. Also in this issue is an important article on the risk of injury to persons with mobility impairments involved in a front-end motor vehicle accident. Below are abstracts of studies featured in Volume 40, Issue 2, of the journal. Full-text manuscripts are available, free of charge, on-line at www.vard.org.

MANUSCRIPTS FEATURED IN VOL. 40, NO. 2

Wheelchair design increases risk of injury in front-end collision, pg. 125 Study used computer simulations to investigate the effect of wheelchair seating design on occupant response and injury risk in front-end collisions. Many people with mobility impairment travel in motor vehicles seated in their wheelchairs. In these cases, the wheelchair serves as a car seat, offering stability and protection to the occupant in a motor vehicle crash. Study data indicated that wheelchair-seating design influenced the risk of submarining or the tendency of the occupants pelvis to slip under their lap belt in a front-end crash. Findings will inform wheelchair and seating manufacturers to key design issues in developing transit wheelchairs.

Instrumented glove improves measurement of hand movement pg. 179

Investigators tested the feasibility of using a computerized glove, the Humanglove, to measure fingers range of motion (ROM). Data suggest that the Humanglove adequately measures fingers ROM. The glove also allows for recording hand movements when performing dynamic functional tasks. Potentially, this technology can help develop more objective methodologies for hand-function assessment and, consequently, improve plann
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Contact: Judith LaVoie
Judith@vard.org
410-962-1800 x 229
VA Research Communications Service
25-Apr-2003

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