Functional output improvement in FES cycling by means of forced smooth pedaling

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 764-780

  Szecsi, Johann ^a,b   Krause, Phillip ^a   Krafczyk, Siegbert ^a   Brandt, Thomas ^a   Straube, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Clinics of Neurology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constrained movement; Distance; Endurance; Fixed gear; Freewheel; Paraplegics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ENDURANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ERGONOMICS; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249074085     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e3180334966     Document Type: Article

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