Severance Rehabilitation Hospital Hosts Robot Rehabilitation Symposium and Workshop

Workshop participants are directly wearing and experiencing rehabilitation robots. [Photo by Yonsei Medical Center]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] Severance Rehabilitation Hospital announced on the 30th that it held the '2022 Severance Rehabilitation Hospital Robot Rehabilitation Symposium and Workshop.'

The symposium, which showcased advanced medical technologies related to walking and upper limb rehabilitation robots, and the workshop, where participants could directly experience and practice with therapeutic robots, were attended by over 60 specialists, researchers, and physical therapists from 39 hospitals nationwide, including public hospitals.

Severance Rehabilitation Hospital introduced the nation's first robot walking therapy room in 2011 and opened a robot rehabilitation therapy room in 2014. In 2018, it became the only institution in Korea within the Asia-Pacific region to collaborate with the global robot rehabilitation company Hocoma by establishing the 'Hocoma Reference & Training Center' and opening the country's first robot rehabilitation treatment center.

Currently, the hospital possesses six types of walking therapy robots and four types of upper limb rehabilitation therapy robots, maintaining a state-of-the-art robot therapy infrastructure that treats approximately 2,500 patients monthly. Recently, a dedicated treatment room using virtual reality (VR) has also been established to implement robot rehabilitation therapy integrated with cutting-edge technology.

Kim Yong-wook, director of Severance Rehabilitation Hospital, said, "Through this symposium, we openly shared Severance Rehabilitation Hospital's advanced rehabilitation robots and clinical expertise." He added, "We hope that this workshop, which provided participants with the opportunity to directly experience rehabilitation robots, will contribute to the advancement of Korea's cutting-edge robot rehabilitation medical and industrial fields, as well as the recovery of rehabilitation patients."

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