We have amazing news! The creators of the dedwarsliggerspodcast came over to the PULSE Racing Lab at the VUmc campus. Dedwarsliggersodcast is an outstanding podcast on Spotify that is about the personal stories and challenges of people with spinal cord injuries. Furthermore, the latest tips and tricks for living with Read more…
PULSE Racing had the honor to be at the Support fair during the Dutch Health Week on the 16th of June! Dutch Health Week is the largest and most inspiring event for health and care, organized by Jaarbeurs Utrecht. Dutch Health Hub is an initiative of Jaarbeurs and brings together Read more…
This month, Jet Fuld came to the decision that it is needed for her to stop with PULSE Racing. Jet already took a break the last couple of months because of a recurring shoulder injury. Having a spinal cord injury is impressively demanding for muscles that are still functional, which Read more…
PULSE Racing let people with a spinal cord injury cycle again. The ability to use your own leg muscles again is of major impact for someone with a spinal cord injury. We would like to take you along on the social impact of PULSE Racing. A topic that has been Read more…
PULSE Racing was founded to further develop functional electrical stimulation (FES) for people with spinal cord injuries. It is proven that FES has a positive influence on the physical condition of people with a spinal cord injury. The active movements caused by FES have positive effects on fitness, blood circulation Read more…
On the 20th of May, 30 students from Human Movement Sciences stepped away from the screen for the afternoon. They were in with the unique opportunity to get to know PULSE Racing. It was an interactive and fun workshop! The students that attended the workshop are all part of Studiosi Read more…
Inspired to make change? One day it could be you. Recruitment is now open for our 2022/23 PULSE Racing team, running until the 18th of May. Every year, we are looking for passionate students to represent PULSE Racing. PULSE Racing is the first dream team from the VU Amsterdam. The Read more…
Last month, PULSE Racing attended the Brothers and Sisters Day of the Vereniging in Beweging (V.I.B.). Members of the Vereniging in Beweging (V.I.B.) invited their brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces to visit the VU Amsterdam. PULSE Racing organized a workshop at the Brothers and Sisters Day. This event started with Read more…
Last month, Remco Rozendaal announced that he is going to train from home instead of training at the VU Amsterdam. Remco has been one of the PULSE Racing athletes since 2021. His training schedule consisted of training sessions of one and a half hours, three times a week. Remco’s main Read more…
Last month, PULSE Racing has been working for the first time with spatially distributed sequential stimulation (SDSS) during training sessions. Because the name spatially distributed sequential stimulation is quite a mouthful, it was soon replaced by Splitter. Much easier. Besides, the name splitter gives a good idea of what this Read more…