Robot-assisted Vs. Conventional Occupational Therapy of the Upper Limb in Individuals with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

RT will be performed as an add-on therapy to the clinical routine therapy scheme for 3 x 30 minutes per week for 6 weeks. RT is applied using the ArmeoSpring, an exoskeleton that provides adjustable antigravity weight support for the arm through a system of springs (no actuators).

The OT is applied as add-on therapy for 3 x 30 minutes per week for 6 weeks. OT comprises strengthening exercises (concentric and eccentric) with and without resistance, grasping exercises, fine motor training, peg games, and activity-based tasks which are unilaterally doable.