Feasibility of a New Pediatric Arm Rehabilitation Robot ChARMin

The aim is to investigate the applicability (technical aspects, patient-related aspects, operability/handling of the robot, the different control modes of the device, safety and the software interface) of ChARMin.

The aim is to determine whether differences between game scores, kinematic and kinetic metrics provided by ChARMin, additionally applied physiological measures and adverse events differ when participants train with the free non-supported mode, the assist-as-needed mode and the fully guided mode.

The aim is to determine the psychometric properties (validity, reliability and responsiveness) of the assessments integrated in ChARMin.

The aim is to describe the application of the system in 30 participants and evaluate the concomitant changes in upper extremity motor function (open labelled interventional study without control group).

The aim is to perform specific motor learning studies in 120 patients investigating whether children with neurological diagnoses can improve arm and hand task performance during repetitive training with ChARMin, are able to retain improved levels of task performance and how task performance is influenced by other interventions.

The aim is to perform an ecological study monitoring safety, functional progress and (changes in) the application of ChARMin in 120 participants following an in- or out-patient program (comparable to subproject ChARMin-4).