Comparison of energy costs leg-cycling with or without functional electrical stimulation and manual wheelchairs for patients after stroke | Zendy

KuenHorng Tsai | Zendy; HC Lo | Zendy; CY Yeh | Zendy; FongChin Su | Zendy

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Comparison of energy costs leg-cycling with or without functional electrical stimulation and manual wheelchairs for patients after stroke

Author(s) -

KuenHorng Tsai,

HC Lo,

CY Yeh,

FongChin Su

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of rehabilitation medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893

H-Index - 96

eISSN - 1651-2081

pISSN - 1650-1977

DOI - 10.2340/16501977-0572

Subject(s) - wheelchair , cycling , functional electrical stimulation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , manual wheelchair , respiratory exchange ratio , ventilation (architecture) , medicine , physical therapy , heart rate , stimulation , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , archaeology , radiology , world wide web , blood pressure , history

To determine whether, for patients after stroke, propelling a functional electrical stimulation (FES)-assisted leg-cycling wheelchair requires less energy than propelling a manual wheelchair, and whether leg propulsion with FES has lower energy costs than without FES.

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