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Although some activities have stopped and the Cybathlon has been moved, we are still preparing for the Cybathlon. We create personal training schedules for the athletes who can train with the compax and berkelbike at home, send nutritional advice and maintain contact with the athletes. In addition, we also try to approach companies that may find us interesting to work with. But what is especially important in the upcoming period is to create a new Read more…

A few weeks ago we went a couple of times to Reade with Sander. With the help of a former team member Vasilis, we investigated the optimal frequency to stimulate the knee extensors. We have been using a splitter which splits the electrical pulses to ensure equal distribution over several electrodes, and expands the area of stimulation. However, this reduces the frequency per electrode. That is why we were curious about the optimal frequency when Read more…

Two weeks before the situation changed because of the coronavirus, Nardus managed to cycle his first distance using only the FES on his legs. Nardus can now cycle FES for about 1 minute! We are proud of his progress and his achievements.

As mentioned above, our athlete Sander can continue training and we are making personal training schedules. We have prepared a new training schedule for the next three weeks. In this schedule, his workouts will increase in intensity over three weeks. Our main goal is to try to increase his level of endurance power so that he can sustain a higher power for a longer period of time. To monitor his progress, he regularly performs a Read more…

PULSE Racing, like everyone else in the Netherlands, has been able to resume work from home. Our meetings are held via video calls. Giving training is somewhat more difficult to organize online but team training continues to optimize the personal training schedules. Athletes Mo and Nardus now train mainly with the Compex which unfortunately, has a different stimulation type compare to the one used during the Cybathlon: FES cycling. Fortunately, our athlete Sander can continue Read more…

As most of you might know, our big game, the Cybathlon, has been moved to September 19-20 because of the unpredictable situation concerning the coronavirus. Unfortunately, this meant that many preparations were also temporarily stopped. Part of the reason was that the health and safety of our team members and especially our athletes are of utmost importance. Therefore, the athletes were not asked to come to the VU for training. The other reason was that Read more…