- General Guides
- Specific Resources
- Biomechanics, prosthetics and orthotics
- Assistive technology, and accessibility
- Disabilities and rehabilitation
- Associations, Professional Organizations & Universities
- Electronic Journals/Books/Reports
- Journals
- Books and other publications
- Citing Electronic Resources
- Publishers
- Conferences
- Newsgroups & Listservs
Biomechanics, prosthetics and orthotics
- BioConcepts
- Bone and Joint Decade's Musculoskeletal Portal
- Clinical Gait Analysis
- Digital Anatomist Information System (Structural Informatics Group, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.)
- E-Orhopaedics (E-Sakura System) - software for the assessment of joint replacement arthroplasty
- Hardin Meta Directory - Orthopedics, Orthopedic Surgery & Orthopaedic Web Links
- Hosford Muscle Tables : Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body (from PTCentral)
- Prosthetics Research Study
- WorldOrtho - the World of Orthopaedics, Trauma, and Sports Medicine - an interactive web site containing 3000 pictures with accompanying text, quizzes, and online books (Australia)
Assistive technology, and accessibility
- AbleData
- Apple's Disability Solutions
- Closing the Gap - assistive technology resources for children and adults with special needs
- RehabTech : Unique products and devices (Monash University, Australia)
- RehabTech's TechGuide an interactive component selection tool that provides information from both manufacturers and independent sources
- WebABLE - on technologies that will ensure accessibility for people with disabilities to advanced information systems and emerging technologies
- West Virginia Assistive Technology System
- WheelchairNet
Disabilities and rehabilitation
- Access Unlimited
- Amputee Online (Online Resource for Amputees)
- CIRRIE (Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange) Database of Rehabilitation Research
- International Child Amputee Network
- RehabWorld
- Resources for Rehabilitation
- VA Research & Development (Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S.)
Journals (Please also refer to our Library's Journal Collection )
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Bulletin
- Amputation Online Magazine - the online magazine for amputees
- Arthritis Research & Therapy - a free, open access journal published by BioMed Central
- Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics : Newsletters and Journals
- BioMechanics : the magazine of body movement and medicine
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - a free, open access journal published by BioMed Central
- inMotion (Amputee Coalition of America)
- O&P Edge
- O&P Business News
- Orthotic & Prosthetic Industry : News & Information (provided by WBC Industries Inc)
- Upper Ex - online magazine for upper extremity amputees
Books and other publications
- Amputee Coalition of America's publication
- E-Hand.com - the electronic textbook of hand surgery
- Electronic Textbook of Orthopaedics - a full online textbook from WorldOrtho
- Expectations : Parenting Children and Teens with Limb Differences (Amputee Coalition of America)
- First Steps - A Guide for Adapting to Limb Loss (Amputee Coalition of America)
- A Manual for Above-Knee (Trans-Femoral) Amputees
- A Manual for Below-Knee (Trans-Tibial) Amputees
Please also refer to the General Medicine page in our Internet Resources .
Faculty Librarian
Jane Tsang
Tel: (852) 2766-6859
Email: lbjane@polyu.edu.hk