The Department of Occupational Therapy at the Diaplasis rehabilitation and recovery center provides its services to adults with neurological and orthopedic health problems.

Occupational therapy is based of the general principle of using the patient’s potential to make him/her a functional and independent individual. Occupational therapy use a targeted activity (project) to achieve the maximum level of functionality and independence in all aspects of life and to resume the social roles that he/she had before the illness or disability, through targeted activities.

During Occupational Therapy:

• cognitive, sensory and motor skills are developed

• activities of daily living retraining programs are conducted (self-reliance)

• appropriate aids are suggested and made per case for the independent performance of daily living activities and patients are trained to use them
• the necessary ergonomic adjustments of living space are suggested

Special Equipment

The Department of Occupational Therapy is equipped with:

• ROBOTIC device for retraining the upper extremities, the Armeo spring . It is the most advanced robotic device for the functional rehabilitation of the upper extremities. The Armeo is aimed for patients, who have lost function or have impaired functionality of their upper extremities, because of a neurological or orthopedic injury. It is a robotic orthotic device for the arm that provides adjustable upper extremity weight support and in combination with visual stimuli from a computer (biofeedback), in a pleasant environment, it inspires and motivates the patient to perform functional, focused, self-guided and intensive motor skill treatment.

• BIOMETRICS E – Link, which is an advanced system that assesses and retrains the skills of upper limb via optical computer stimuli. The Biometrics maintains a full record in memory for each patient, which includes functional and muscle tests, sensory tests, schematic images of any malfunctions or pain, presence of edema, etc. Moreover, it enables the assessment of range of motion of all joints using an electronic goniometer.

• Nintendo Wii, an interactive medium that offers a wide range of games designed to develop the patient’s proprioception and neuromuscular coordination, ultimately achieving functional recovery of the upper and lower extremities in a pleasant manner. The duration and difficulty level can be set with games, thus giving the patient the incentive to better control his/her movement.