OnthemorningofApril11,PerHerloevwascarefullyoperatingamechanicalarm,tryingtocatchtheeggfromthescreenandputitintoapanatShanghaiNo.1RehabilitationHospital. Such an action whichseemssoeasyisnoteasyforHer-loevatallbecauseitrequiresenoughstrengthofhisarmandalsothecontrol accuracyofhis fingers.HerloevisDanish.Astrokepara-lyzedonesideofhisbodythreemonthsago.

　　Herloevwasveryengagedtotheexercise,sometimesveryin-tensiveandsometimesrelaxedwithasmile.“Itisjustlikeplayingacomputergame,”hesaid.TheupperlimbrehabilitationrobotHerloevwasusingisinteractiveequipmentthatthehospitalhasnewlyintro-duced.Thepatientcangetvisualfeedbackfromthecomputerscreenwhenhedoestheexercises,whichcanimprovetheexerciseeffect.Thisrobotcanoffersmallgamesofdif-ferentdifficultydegrees,includingmovingapples,catchingsnowandhittingpheasants,whichwillgrad-uallyimprovethefunctionoftheupperlimbofthepatientthroughplayinggames.Obviously,Herloev’sexercisehascometothe“senior”

　　stage.

　　Advancedequipmentwilldefi-nitelyimprove the rehabilitationeffect.Thepsychologicalstatusofthepatientisalsoveryimportant.“Heisveryactive.Hismindsetisverystable.Weseldomseeapatientwhowillcomefordailytrainingforsolong,”saidWuYuedi,chiefphy-sicianforHerloev.“Manypeoplewilljustquitwhentheygetalittleim-provement.”

　　WhenHerloevcametothehos-pitalfortreatmentinJanuarythisyear,onesideofhisbodywaspara-lyzedandhecouldonlyslur.Hismemorywasdecayingslightly.Sincethen,HerloevwouldcometothehospitalfromMondaytoFridayforrehabilitationexerciseswithverytightschedule.Hewoulddoelectricalstimulationwithhisthroat,punctu-ation;loosenhisjoints,lingualexer-cise,memoryexerciseandcompre-hensivelimbexercises,etc.Frompassivetrainingattheearlystagetoactiveandcollaborativeexercisesatthelaterstage,Herloevwouldexer-cisealmostfourhoursaday.”

　　Differentfrompeople’simag-ination,apatientthatcouldnotmoveinparalysiswouldhavethechancetogo shopping, eat bythemselves,takecareofthemselvesandhaveaqualitylifeaccordingtotheexperts.“Weasprofessionaldoctorswillworkoutaseriesofrehabilitationplanforourpatientsfromphysical,psychologicalandlingualaspects.Additionally,itisalongprocessforrehabilitationfromstroke.Patientsshouldbepatientandconfidentthroughoutthepro-cessandbepositive,”saidWuYuedi.

　　Sometimes,Herloevwouldbeimpatientabouttherepeatedexer-cisesandbecomerestless.Herloev’swifehasbeenalwaysonhisside,sendinghimfromtheirhomeinPudongtothehospital,stayingbe-sidehimandencouraginghimallthetime.Herloevwillretireinsixyears.“IwillkeeponexercisinguntilIcanmovearoundfreelyandgobacktowork,”saidHerloev.