Berkelmans Rik, Woods Billy
BerkelBike BV, Nieuwstraat 37, 5271 AC, Sint-Michielsgestel The Netherlands.
Active Linx, Allia Future Business Centre, Peterborough, PE2 8AN, UK.
Eur J Transl Myol. 2017 Dec 5;27(4):7189. doi: 10.4081/ejtm.2017.7189.
The functional electrical stimulation (FES) bicycle race was an event at the Cybathlon, held in Zurich October 2016. BerkelBike BV (The Netherlands) in collaboration with Imperial College London entered a spinal cord injury pilot who had tetraplegia to compete in this event. The BerkelBike Pro is a commercially available FES capable recumbent which is normally driven by the arm- and leg power. The arm cranking part was disabled. Now the tricycle must be driven using the pilots own lower limb muscles through stimulation in accordance with race rules. The bike used during the race was also adapted with a fixed gear for improved efficiency. The pilot who represented this team come second place overall in the event and attained the fastest race time of all pilots who utilised surface electrode FES. Steps can be taken to increase the race efficiency of the BerkelBikes and its FES capabilities even further.
功能性电刺激（FES）自行车赛是2016年10月在苏黎世举行的赛博athlon的一项赛事。BerkelBike BV（荷兰）与伦敦帝国理工学院合作，派出一名患有四肢瘫痪的脊髓损伤试点者参加此项赛事。BerkelBike Pro是一款市售的具备FES功能的卧式自行车，通常由手臂和腿部力量驱动。手臂曲柄部分已禁用。现在，根据比赛规则，三轮车必须通过刺激由飞行员自己的下肢肌肉驱动。比赛中使用的自行车还采用了固定齿轮以提高效率。代表该团队参赛的飞行员在该赛事中总成绩排名第二，并在所有使用表面电极FES的飞行员中获得了最快的比赛时间。可以采取措施进一步提高BerkelBikes的比赛效率及其FES功能。
