European Journal of Translational Myology (Dec 2017)

Participation to the first Cybathlon: an overview of the FREEWHEELS team FES-cycling solution

  • Benoît Sijobert,
  • Charles Fattal,
  • Anne Daubigney,
  • Christine Azevedo-Coste

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2017.7120
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 4

Abstract

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This article is a contribution to a special issue aiming at collecting data and documenting the different specificities of the teams which participated into Cybathlon 2016 FES-bike discipline. Our team prepared one paraplegic pilot over one year and developed a FES-cycling device based on existing commercial products. Our pilot (47 y.o, spinal cord lesion T3 AIS A since year 1995) was qualified for the final race and finished in 6th position over 12 participants in the discipline, covering a total distance of 750m at an average speed of 5.71km/h, propelled by his own quadriceps and hamstrings muscles.

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