Seoul Children's Hospital Introduces 'Sangji Rehabilitation Robot'

Expansion and Opening of Robot Rehabilitation Center

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] Seoul Metropolitan Children's Hospital announced on the 16th that at 10 a.m., it will hold an expanded opening ceremony by remodeling the robot gait room, which opened on November 2, 2020, into a Robot Rehabilitation Center after recently introducing an upper limb rehabilitation robot.

Since mid-October last year, the hospital has completed all preparations to welcome children experiencing difficulties with upper limb movement by not only expanding the facility into a Robot Rehabilitation Center during a two-month pilot operation following the introduction of the 'upper limb rehabilitation robot,' but also by having the occupational therapists in charge obtain the necessary qualifications to operate the medical equipment.

The newly introduced upper limb rehabilitation robot is equipment (Armeo Spring) from a world-renowned rehabilitation robot specialist company, which has proven to be highly effective in restoring upper limb function in children with disabilities.

Upper limb rehabilitation robot therapy is mainly expected to improve upper limb functions impaired by conditions such as cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, and traumatic brain injury.

Since rehabilitation training centered on therapists can be maximized by combining it with cutting-edge rehabilitation robots, the hospital plans to gradually introduce advanced rehabilitation medical equipment such as wearable robots and motion analysis systems, aiming to become the only top public hospital in the pediatric rehabilitation field in Korea.

For more details about 'robot rehabilitation therapy,' please refer to the Children's Hospital website, and inquiries can be made to the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine's Robot Rehabilitation Center.

Nam Min, director of the Children's Hospital, stated, “The Children's Hospital prides itself on being the best in Korea in terms of scale and the provision of various advanced treatment programs in the pediatric disability rehabilitation field.” He added, “We are pleased that the introduction of the upper limb rehabilitation robot, following the existing gait rehabilitation robot, provides an opportunity to take cutting-edge rehabilitation services to the next level. We will continue to play a leading role in pediatric rehabilitation to support children with disabilities from early rehabilitation to returning to daily life.”