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ArticleEuropean journal of translational myology2017

Strategies and performances of Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling using the BerkelBike with Spinal Cord Injury in a competition context (CYBATHLON).

Rik Berkelmans, Billy Woods

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Article in European journal of translational myology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. On the road to Cybathlon 2024: lessons learned from the Polimi FES-bike team.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026
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  7. Cycle Training Using Implanted Neural Prostheses: Team Cleveland.European journal of translational myology · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rik BerkelmansBerkelBike BV, Nieuwstraat 37, 5271 AC, Sint-Michielsgestel The Netherlands.
Billy WoodsActive Linx, Allia Future Business Centre, Peterborough, PE2 8AN, UK.
Beike Biotechnology (China) · CNNatural England · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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CybathlonFESFES yclingSCITetraplegia

Identifiers

PMID29299227
PMCPMC5745377
OpenAlexW2779842027

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