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REHAB 2019 : 5th Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques | |||||||||||||||
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Call For Papers | |||||||||||||||
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 |
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