Post by deanertheweiner on Feb 21, 2014 16:46:02 GMT -8
I am a quadriplegic with limited arm function, but my right arm and hand have potential to regain function, and possibly give me back some independence.
My occupational therapist and I tried a thing called the armeo yesterday. It's a robotic arm connected to a computer. The computer has a program with different games to play, and the games require you to do functional movements. Some examples of the different movements would be; arm eternal/internal rotation, arm adduction/abduction, arm flection/extension, forearm supination/pronation and hand grasp/release. These games help to strengthen those specific muscle groups, so that they can translate into functional movement to be used in everyday living.
www.ric.org/conditions/stroke/clinically-advanced-rehabilitation/arm-strength-function/
