Increase of Muscle Activities in Hemiplegic Lower Extremity During Driving a Cycling Wheelchair

Kazunori Seki, Motohiko Sato, Yasunobu Handa

For the patients with severe hemiplegia, long-time wheelchair sitting is unavoidable, which however increases a risk of secondary impairments due to non-use of the affected leg. A cycling wheelchair (C-W/C) has a possibility to activate paretic muscle through self-locomotion with bilateral pedaling. We therefore measured driving speed of C-W/C and electromyogram (EMG) in... read more

Evaluation of Motor Performances of Hemiplegic Patients Using a Virtual Cycling Wheelchair: An Exploratory Trial

Norihiro Sugita,1 Makoto Yoshizawa,2 Yoshihisa Kojima,1 Makoto Abe,1 Noriyasu Homma,3 Kazunori Seki,4 and Nobuyasu Handa4

Cycling is known to be an effective rehabilitation exercise for hemiplegic patients who face difficulty during walking because of stroke or other brain disorders. A cycling wheelchair (CWC) is a useful tool to provide exercise for these patients and improve their quality of life. In previous ... read more

Cycling Wheelchair Provides Enjoyable Pedaling Exercises with Increased Physiological Indexes.

Ueda Yuya
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine, (20160100) Vol. 238, No. 1, pp. 33-8. Journal code: 0417355. E-ISSN: 1349-3329. L-ISSN: 0040-8727..

The cycling wheelchair (CWC) can be used as a pedalling exercise machine. However, physiological indexes in the CWC at various pedalling rates and the difference between the CWC and the existing pedalling machines such as the portable ergometer (ERG) ... read more

Comparison of Muscle Stimulation Groups for Simplified Practical FES Cycling Control with Cycling Wheelchair: An Experimental Test with Healthy Subjects

Takashi WATANABE, Yuta KARASAWA

The cycling wheelchair “Profhand” was developed in Japan as locomotion and lower limb rehabilitation device for hemiplegic subjects and elderly persons. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) control of paralyzed lower limbs enables application of the Profhand to paraplegic subjects as a rehabilitation device. In this paper, simplified muscle stimulation control for FES cycling with Profhand was examined for practical application... read more

Investigation of User Load and Evaluation of Power Assistive Control on Cycling Wheelchair

Aya Kaisumi, Yasuhisa Hirata, and Kazuhiro Kosuge

Wheelchairs, walkers, and electric wheelchairs are well-known support devices for patients with lower limb disabilities. However, disuse of lower limbs presents an ongoing barrier to rehabilitation, and can eventually lead to disuse syndrome. To overcome this situation, researchers have... read more

Design and simulation of leg exoskeleton cycling-actuated wheelchair

Gao Huang, Weimin Zhang, Zhangguo Yu,

Xuechao Chen, Fei Meng, Marco Ceccarelli, Qiang Huang

This article presents a design of novel wheelchair with a leg exoskeleton for locomotion that can be powered by user legs through a cycling action. In addition, the control system is designed... read more

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