Assistive technology for arm mobility in Europe – The guide

Co-written with users, NGOs, and healthcare professionals

This non-commercial publication is designed as a toolkit to:

👉🏽 Identify situations where this type of assistance may be relevant
👉🏽 Discover products available in Europe
👉🏽 Guide a patient through the equipment process
👉🏽 Stay informed about developments in this emerging field of arm assistive technology

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🖊️ 61 PAGES CO-AUTHORED by healthcare professionals, users, associations, equipment installers, and researchers.

Some extracts

 “A vast majority of people don’t know that diseases or accidents may affect arm movements.”
Nicole Gusset – SMA Europe

“I have the same relationship with my robot as I do with my wheelchair: it’s an extension of myself. It’s part of me.”
Noémie – User of a robotic arm

“It is important to be familiar with the latest device innovations, to test each device, and to explore their features.”
Samuel Pouplin – Occupational therapist

“Innovations in this field have the potential to analyse and interpret the user’s movement intentions to initiate corresponding actions.”
Karima Ahnache – AFM Téléthon

Contributors

Our sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to this guide by sharing their knowledge and experience:

• Dr Charles Fattal, MD- PM&R physician, University Hospital Center of Perpignan (France)
• Dr Claire Anquetil, MD- PM&R physician, University Hospital Center of Perpignan (France)
• Dr Guy Letellier – PM&R physician ESEAN, paediatric rehabilitation centre (France)
• Dr Nicole Gusset – President of SMA Europe 
• Karima Ahnache – Head of the Innovation, Compensation & Usability Lab Division AFM Téléthon | NGO (France)
• Ann-Lisbeth Højberg – Occupational Therapist, Master in Social Integration, National Rehabilitation Center for Neuromuscular Diseases (Denmark)
• Samuel Pouplin – OT, PhD, HDR – Raymond Poincaré Hospital (France)
• Aurélie Barrière – OT, University Hospital of Lyon (France)
• Arjan Sarkow – Distributor and advisor, at Sarkow b.v (The Netherlands)
• Sara Da Pian, Physiatrist (MPR) – Chiara Folini, Occupational therapist – Claudia Salatino, Biomedical Engineer – Francesco Zava, Computer specialist of SIVALab – Luca Cagliani, Biorobotics Engineer – DAT Unit of Fondazione Don Gnocchi Center in Milano (Italia)
• Beate, Bernhard, Christelle, Emmanuelle, Noémie, Simon – Users & Caregivers (France & Germany)
• Dr Shin-Yi Chiou – PT, PhD. Associate Professor in Motor control and Rehabilitation at the University of Birmingham (UK)
• Yara Peterko – MSc, Occupational Therapist (UK)

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