Kicking it

28 Sep

 

some of you may have seen previous video clips I have posted of me riding my FES bike. It’s hard to tell whether the machine is doing the work, or whether it is my legs that are pushing the pedals. In the attached video clip in this post, I demonstrate the power of functional electrical stimulation to move my legs. when I run a current of just over 40 milliamps through the electrode pads on my quadriceps, my leg raises and straightens fairly convincingly. When my legs are on the pedals during a work out, I am stimulating with 125 milliamps, so the kicking motion is much stronger and more powerful than what you see in the above video clip. Of course, while pedaling I also have electrodes on my hamstrings, so my legs are both pushing and pulling with each revolution. This is how I get good exercise!

 

One Response to “Kicking it”

  1. Tony Burron December 1, 2013 at 18:15 #

    Hi Stewart,

    Haven’t looked at your blog for a long time. Anyway, if you give me your mailing address, I can sent you a copy of the 2013 issue of ASCent magazine.

    Cheers

    Like

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