Department of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van Der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2023 Mar 3;20(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s12984-023-01143-6.
During the Cybathlon Global Edition 2020, athletes compete in a Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) bike race. In this event, athletes with a spinal cord injury cover a distance of 1200 m on an adapted bike by using electrostimulation to activate their leg muscles in order to evoke a pedalling movement. This report reviews the training regimen, as designed by the PULSE Racing team, and the experience of one athlete in preparation for the Cybathlon Global Edition 2020. The training plan was designed to vary exercise modes in order to optimize physiological adaptations and minimize monotony for the athlete. Additional constraints due to coronavirus pandemic, e.g., postponement of the Cybathon Global Edition and modification from a live cycling track to a virtual stationary race, along with the health concerns of the athlete, e.g. unwanted effects from the FES and bladder infection, required creativity to ensure an effective and safe training protocol. The individual needs of the athlete and task requirements for the FES bike race made the design of a suitable training programme challenging, emphasizing the importance of monitoring. Several objective and subjective measures to assess the athlete's health and progress are presented, all with their own advantages and disadvantages. Despite these limitations, the athlete achieved a gold medal in the FES bike race Cybathlon Global Edition 2020 through discipline, team collaboration and the athlete's own motivation.
在 2020 年 Cybathlon 全球版中，运动员参加功能性电刺激（FES）自行车比赛。在这个项目中，脊髓损伤运动员通过使用电刺激激活腿部肌肉来完成 1200 米的赛程，从而实现踩踏动作。本文回顾了 PULSE 赛车队为备战 2020 年 Cybathlon 全球版而设计的训练方案，以及一位运动员的参赛经验。该训练计划旨在通过改变运动模式来优化生理适应，减少运动员的单调感。由于新冠疫情的额外限制，例如 Cybathon 全球版的推迟以及从现场自行车赛道改为虚拟固定赛道，以及运动员的健康问题，例如 FES 的副作用和膀胱感染，需要创造力来确保有效的和安全的训练方案。运动员的个体需求和 FES 自行车比赛的任务要求使得设计合适的训练计划具有挑战性，这强调了监测的重要性。本文提出了几种评估运动员健康和进展的客观和主观措施，它们都有各自的优点和缺点。尽管存在这些限制，运动员通过自律、团队合作和运动员自身的动力，在 2020 年 Cybathlon 全球版 FES 自行车比赛中获得金牌。
