This is the world’s first entire arm exoskeleton, giving stroke patients more ‘independence'

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This is the world’s first entire arm exoskeleton, giving stroke patients more ‘independence'  One in four people suffers a stroke during their lifetime, according to the World Stroke Organisation. Stroke survivors with paretic arms have had limited options.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/08/this-is-the-worlds-first-entire-arm-exoskeleton-giving-stroke-patients-more-independence  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Almost all of the focus was for my leg to get better so that I could walk and my arm was like

00:14completely just didn't think of it at all so I regained very little movement in my arm.

00:30I call my arm Jenny because it feels like it's not a part of me because it doesn't do what I

00:42wanted to do but when I actually have this on it feels like my arm and that's really good

00:48not only for like being able to use it but actually for my own self-image because it

00:54feels like it's not just hanging there and not doing anything.

01:09I can hold the vegetable down while cutting with my right arm and like little things like that

01:16is really fun again and just being able to move it is just a big part of my everyday.

01:24It works basically by you thinking how you would move your arm because if you think you

01:44you make a small movement and then it amplifies that movement.

01:56Today more and more people are surviving very serious stroke incidences and also they live much

02:06longer with their disabilities meaning that people the world needs more assistive devices to make sure

02:15that people can live at home instead of living at nursing homes or get back to work and participate

02:21in the society despite their disability. More of Johanna now.

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