496
Views
12
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Products and Devices

Design of a custom racing hand-cycle: Review and analysis

, , & , PhD
Pages 119-128 | Received 02 Nov 2007, Accepted 20 Feb 2008, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

References

  • van der Woude L HV, Bosmans I, Bervoets B, Veeger H E. Handcycling: Different modes and gear ratios. J Med Eng Technol 2000; 24(6)242–249
  • Hopkins G. Bike on! Sports 'n spokes. 2001; 32676(11/2001)43–49
  • Fitzgerald S, Cooper R, Thorman T, Cooper R, Guo S, Boninger M. The GAME(Cycle) exercise system: Comparison with standard ergometry. J Spinal Cord Med 2004; 27: 453–459
  • Butler B. Overview of sports wheelchairs. Int J Ther Rehabil 1997; 4(2)64–69
  • Macur J. On the lonely road to recovery, inspiration from the sidewalks of New York. The New York Times 7 November, 2005
  • Cooper R. Wheelchair racing sports science: A review. J Rehabil Res Develop 1990; 27: 295–312
  • Mukherjee G, Bhowmik P, Samanta A. Physical fitness training for wheelchair ambulation by the arm crank propulsion technique. Clin Rehabil 2001; 15(2)125–132
  • Glaser R M, Sawka M N, Brune M F, Wilde S W. Physiological responses to maximal effort wheelchair and arm crank ergometry. J Appl Physiol 1980; 48(6)1060–1064
  • Sawka M N, Glaser R M, Wilde S W, von Luhrte T C. Metabolic and circulatory responses to wheelchair and arm crank exercise. J Appl Physiol 1980; 49(5)784–788
  • Coutts K D, Rhodes E C, McKenzie D C. Maximal exercise responses of tetraplegics and paraplegics. J Appl Physiol 1983; 55(2)479–482
  • Mukherjee G, Samanta A. Physiological response to the ambulatory performance of hand-rim and arm-crank propulsion systems. J Rehabil Res Dev 2001; 38(4)391–399
  • Janssen T W, Dallmeijer A J, van der Woude L H. Physical capacity and race performance of handcycle users. J Rehabil Res Dev 2001; 38(1)33–40
  • Cooper R A. An arm powered racing bicycle. Assistive Technol 1989; 1: 71–75
  • Hopman M T, van Teeffelen W M, Brouwer J, Houtman S, Binkhorst R A. Physiological responses to asynchronous and synchronous arm-cranking exercise. European Journal of Applied Psysiology 1995; 72(1)111–114
  • Mossberg K, Willman C, Topor M A, Crook H, Patak S. Comparison of asynchronous versus synchronous arm crank ergometry. Spinal Cord 1999; 37(8)569–574
  • Abel T, Vega S A, Bleicher I, Platen P. Handbiking: Physiological responses to synchronous and asynchronous crank montage. Eur J Sport Sci 2003; 3(4)1–9
  • Dallmeijer A J, Ottjes L, de Waardt E, van der Woude L H. A physiological comparison of synchronous and asynchronous hand cycling. Int J Sports Med 2004; 25(8)622–626
  • Federation USH. Handcycling 101. Accessed 18 April 2007 from the website: http://www.ushf.org/hc101.html.
  • Smith T. Build your own recumbent trike. Accessed 2 December 2005 from the website: http://www.ihpva.org/com/PracticalInnovations/index.html.
  • Candland J. BYU student goes hand-over-hand across America. University Wire 2000
  • Sharp A. Bicycles & tricycles: An elementary treatise on their design and construction. Longmans, Green and Co, New York 1896; 535
  • Augspurger M. Handcycles. Accessed from the website: http://www.titaniumarts.com/content/handcycles.html Accessed 18 April 2007.
  • Schmitz A. Why your bicycle has not changed in the last 106 years. Human Power 2005; 11(3)4–9
  • Perlin J. Furnishing prosthetic appliances and services. Volume VHA Handbook 1173.2, V Affairs. US Veterans Health Administration. 2–3

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.