BACKGROUND

The use of passive exoskeletons seems to be a promising method of comprehensive habilitation and rehabilitation for severe combat wounds of the brachial plexus, which leads to disability of a third of patients with this pathology.

OBJECTIVE

To demonstrate the possibilities of using the passive exoskeleton in the habilitation and rehabilitation of a patient with brachial plexopathy, complicating mine-explosive injury.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Anamnesis collection, analysis of medical documentation, physical examination, and dynamic somatometry were carried out.

RESULTS

In a disabled patient with damage to the brachial plexus due to a mine blast injury, in whom complex traditional rehabilitation methods carried out during the year after surgery were insufficiently effective, the use of the passive exoskeleton of the upper limbs led to a significant restoration of the amount of motion of the affected limb.

CONCLUSION

Experience has been gained that reveals the prospects of using the passive exoskeleton in complex habilitation and rehabilitation of patients with combat injuries to the brachial plexus.