Paralysis of the arm is counted among the most common consequencesof brain damage, e.g. a stroke. Patients suffering from a severe arm paralysisare either unable or only hardly able to use their affected upper limbfunctionally in everyday life. The following exercise program especiallyenables patients with severe hemiplegia to independently train theirparticular motor disorders. The exercises were clinically tested for manyyears and contain important physiological movements with all joints ofthe upper limb as well as goal-oriented training elements for everydayroutines. With this exercise program, the patient learns to train his or heraffected limb in a responsible and purposeful manner.