Clinical rehabilitation practitioner speciality areas (and key professional societies): 

• Physiatrists (Rehab Physicians)
  • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine
  • Association of Academic Physiatrists
• Rehabilitation Engineers
  • RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering Assistive Technology Society of America)
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
  • IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMB)
• Physical Therapists
  • American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
• Occupational Therapists
  • American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
• Speech-Language Pathologists (Therapists) and Audiologists
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Prosthetists and Orthotists
  • American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists 
  • International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO)
  • National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP)
  • National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education (NCOPE)
  • Prescription Foot Orthotic Laboratory Association (PFOLA)
• Rehab Nurses
• Other Rehabilitation Practitioners
  • American Therapeutic Recreation Association
  • American Society of NeuroRehabilitation

Infrastructure:

Most states have at least one comprehensive rehabilitation hospital for adults, and often a children's hospital. The vast majority of inpatients at most of these hospitals are in the area of neurorehabilitation, and indeed this includes the three largest populations (stroke, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury). However, the largest populations of persons with disability are in the musculoskeletal area, especially arthritis. Thus outpatient care is very broad-based, and include neurorehabilitation, orthopedic/musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. Many persons with functional impairment have co-morbidities, and multiple functional impairments.

A good way to get a sense for the role of assistive technology in rehabilitation is to look at the RENSA's SIGs (special interest groups) and PSGs (professional specialty groups).

Another way is to look at rehabilitation research infrastructure, in particular NIDRR's 22 RERC's and the VAMC's R&D Centers. 

| Physiatrists | Rehab Engineers | PT's | OT's | SLT's | O&P's | Rehab Nurses | Others | RESNA SIG/PSG |