Szecsi J, Fiegel M, Krafczyk S, Straube A, Quintern J, Brandt Th
Zentrum für Sensomotorik an der Neurologischen Klinik der LMU München, Klinikum Grosshadern.
MMW Fortschr Med. 2004 Jun 24;146(26):37-8, 40-1.
Until recently, few patients with complete paraplegia could walk or stand with the help of functional electrical stimulation (FES) of the leg muscles regularly at home. In comparison, FES cycling with an adapted tricycle is easy to put into practice because the legs remain connected to the pedals and through the use of a tricycle or stationary bicycle, the balancing problems of the patient recedes into the background. In the first German feasibility studies for paraplegic cycling, eleven completely paraplegic patients have been tested so far. The goal is to make FES cycling a daily activity in the lives of as many patients as possible.
