A Pilot study of lower limb FES cycling in paraplegia – Phase 2
Glasgow University, Award: £5,000, Date of Award: 13 Aug 01
This follows on from a pilot study on lower limb FES cycling (Phase 1 see above) in which three subjects with a complete spinal cord lesion at level T7-T10 were able to cycle continuously and reliably on a cycle trainer for periods of up to 40 minutes. The subjects were also able to achieve mobile cycling outside, for distances of up 2.4km.
In this phase of the pilot study the work extended the work done in Phase 1 by:
(i) refining and systematically testing our novel methods for automatic control of FES cycling;
(ii) performing FES-cycling exercise test to establish a scientifically-validated methodology for documenting changes in cardiopulmonary fitness in SCI subjects.