EPISODE · Dec 26, 2010 · 17 MIN
Back in the Saddle: Getting Paralysed People Riding and Rowing
from Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · host The Naked Scientists
In this special episode of the Naked Scientists podcast, we explore the world of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), a technology allowing people paralysed from the waist down to row and cycle by using external electrodes to stimulate leg muscles. Michele Vanoncini investigates how it works, what benefits it can bring and meets some of the people who have used it to go for gold... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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In this special episode of the Naked Scientists podcast, we explore the world of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), a technology allowing people paralysed from the waist down to row and cycle by using external electrodes to stimulate leg muscles. Michele Vanoncini investigates how it works, what benefits it can bring and meets some of the people who have used it to go for gold... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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