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Applications in
orthopaedic, pulmonary and cardio rehabilitation
can benefit from low starting load levels.
Because of its negligible internal friction, the
Velotron produces accurate loads down to 5
Watts, which is believed to be the lowest load
level attainable by any electronic bicycle
ergometer in existence. This capability should
allow rehabilitation to begin at an earlier
stage than previously possible.
It has been demonstrated that bike racers who
have undergone orthoscopic knee surgery have
been able to begin accelerated rehabilitation a
few days after surgery using a CompuTrainer
(which has a minimum load of 50 Watts).
Professional cyclist Brian Walton underwent
extensive knee surgery in May, 1996, and won an
Olympic silver medal in August. It may be
possible to replicate this approach with
non-athletes by using the extremely low starting
wattages of the Velotron.
Tests are underway at the Swedish Hospital
Pulmonary Lab in Seattle to evaluate the
functional effect of low wattage level Velotron
exercise regimens for emphysema patients. If
these tests are successful the Accuwatt feature
of the Velotron (described below) guarantees
that in a clinical setting the ultra-low wattage
levels employed would be absolutely repeatable.
The Velotron is available in a variety of bike
frame styles for different applications. For
cycling sport-specific orthopaedic
rehabilitation a road bike frame is supplied, or
the athlete’s own bike frame may be used. For
cardio, pulmonary, and other rehabilitation
applications there is an “easy-on/easy-off”
style frame which is comfortable for
non-athletic patients.
Another Velotron feature of special value in
medical applications is Accuwatt (Patent
Pending) accuracy verification. The Accuwatt
procedure takes less than 10 seconds to verify
that the original factory calibration is
unchanged and that system repeatability is
within the 0.01% performance specification. The
original factory calibration test numbers are
imbedded in the system software, and the
Accuwatt test indicates how close the field
results are percentage-wise to the original
factory test numbers. Competitive ergometers
lack this feature which identifies any
degradation in system accuracy. Velotron's
interactive software package is guaranteed to
improve your performance and to provide the
information and visual stimulation to keep you
motivated.
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