Participation to the first Cybathlon: an overview of the FREEWHEELS team FES-cycling solution

Benoît Sijobert (1) , Charles Fattal (2) , Anne Daubigney (2) , Christine Azevedo Coste (1)

1 CAMIN - Control of Artificial Movement and Intuitive Neuroprosthesis
2 CRF COS Divio - Centre de Rééducation Fonctionnelle Divio [Dijon]

This article is a contribution to a special issue aiming at collecting data and documenting the different specificities of the teams which participated into Cybathlon 2016 FES-bike discipline. Our team prepared one paraplegic pilot over one year and developed a FES-cycling device based on existing commercial products. Our pilot (47 y.o, spinal cord lesion T3 AIS A since year 1995) was qualified for the final race and finished in 6th position over 12 participants in the discipline, covering a total distance of 750m at an average speed of 5.71km/h, propelled by his own quadriceps and hamstrings muscles.

Mots clés: spinal cord injuries; FES cycling; Cybathlon

Domaines: Biotechnologie

Benoît Sijobert, Charles Fattal, Anne Daubigney, Christine Azevedo Coste. Participation to the first Cybathlon: an overview of the FREEWHEELS team FES-cycling solution. European Journal of Translational Myology, 2017, 27 (4), pp.265-271. ⟨10.4081/ejtm.2017.7120⟩. ⟨hal-01656602⟩