FES Cycling/Cybathlon - Case Reports
Vol 27, No 4 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2017.7086

The road to Cybathlon 2016 - Functional electrical stimulation cycling Team IRPT/SPZ

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Received: 20 September 2017
Accepted: 17 November 2017
Published: 6 December 2017
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Functional electrical stimulation, recumbent cycling, spinal cord injury, Cybathlon
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Marco Laubacher
lhm5@bfh.ch
Institute for Rehabilitation and Performance Technology, Division of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Engineering and Information Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf; Sensory Motor Systems Lab, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Efe Anil Aksöz
Institute for Rehabilitation and Performance Technology, Division of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Engineering and Information Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf; Sensory Motor Systems Lab, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Ines Bersch
Swiss Paraplegic Centre Nottwil, Switzerland.
Kenneth James Hunt
Institute for Rehabilitation and Performance Technology, Division of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Engineering and Information Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf, Switzerland.
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) provides a good possibility to activate paralysed muscles and it has been shown to elicit substantial physiological and health benefits. For successful application of FES, a perfect symbiosis of the bike and the pilot has to be achieved. The road to the Cybathlon 2016 describes the different pieces needed for FES cycling in spinal cord injury. The systematic optimisation of the stimulation parameters and the Cybatrike, and sophisticated training contributed to the team’s success as the fastest surface-electrode team in the competition.

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The road to Cybathlon 2016 - Functional electrical stimulation cycling Team IRPT/SPZ. (2017). European Journal of Translational Myology, 27(4). https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2017.7086