REHAB 2019Posted in

5th Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques

Event Dates

Sep 11, 2019 - Sep 13, 2019

Location

Popayán, Colombia

Submission Deadline

May 06, 2019

REHAB 2019 ( http://www.rehab-workshop.org), which will be organized between the 11st-13rd of September 2019, in University of Cauca, Popayán-Colombia.

SCOPE

During the last few years, there has been increasing interest in the application of Virtual Reality and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), in the field of rehabilitation, with clinical results that prove their effectiveness.

The virtual reality is being an increasingly used method in physical rehabilitation, allowing individualized treatments, as to facilitate learning motivation, to finally, provides patients pleasant and enjoyable homework exercises. This is can be done, for example, by applying the use of Nintendo Wii Balance Board, a low-cost visual biofeedback systems, and the implementation of programs for improving the patients balance.

OBJECTIVE

This workshop invites authors to submit contributions on concepts Virtual Rehabilitation Discussion, applications, techniques or environments where interaction design play a central role by improving the rehabilitation process at all levels.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Key issues in this workshop will focus on (but are not limited to):

Virtual and enhanced environments

Motor rehabilitation

Neuroimaging in rehabilitation

Virtual rehabilitation

Clinical assessment

Cognitive rehabilitation

Communication and language

Ambisonics and audio environments

Haptic devices

Sensory impairment

Medical systems

Input devices, sensors and actuators

Multi-user systems for user interaction

Computer access

Virtual humans

Balance, posture and mobility

Communications aids

Tools for architectural/CAD design

Product design, testing and prototyping

Training tools for rehabilitation

Augmented reality applications

Human factors

Rehabilitation robotics

Children with disabilities

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted submissions would be published in the ACM Digital Library, and Extended into Springer Chapter books to be indexed by dblp, Scopus and Science Direct and submitted to Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Science (ISI Web of Science).

All accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version for inclusion in a special issue of an (ISI) International Journal, according to the paper topic:

Special Issue “UX for Children with Special Needs: Design, Interaction and Learning” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/UX_for_Children)

Romanian Journal of Human – Computer Interaction (http://rochi.utcluj.ro/rrioc/en/)

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission Deadline: May 6th, 2019

Author Notification: May 31st, 2019

Camera-Ready Deadline: June 28th, 2019

Workshop Date: September 11st- September 13rd, 2019

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Habib M. Fardoun

King Abdulaziz University (KAU)

Saudi Arabia

hfardoun@kau.edu.sa

Elena de la Guia

University of Castilla-La Mancha

Spain

MElenaL.Guia1@alu.uclm.es

Sergio Albiol

Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS). Univesrity of Zaragoza.

salbiol@unizar.es

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

César Collazos

University of Cauca

Popayán-Colombia

ccollazo@unicauca.edu.co

Julio Hurtado

University of Cauca

Popayán-Colombia

ahurtado@unicauca.edu.co

Sandra Cano

University of San Buenaventura

Cali-Colombia

sandra.cano@gmail.com