Design and Development of a Smart Exercise Bike for Motor Rehabilitation in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease

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Abstract
Recent studies in rehabilitation of Parkinson's disease (PD) have shown that cycling on a tandem bike at a high pedaling rate can reduce the symptoms of the disease. In this paper, a smart motorized bicycle has been designed and built for assisting Parkinson's patients with exercise to improve motor function. The exercise bike can accurately control the rider's experience at an accelerated pedaling rate, while capturing real-time test data. Here, the design and development of the electronics and hardware as well as the software and control algorithms are presented. Two control algorithms have been developed for the bike: one that implements an inertia load (static mode) and one that implements a speed reference (dynamic mode). In static mode, the bike operates as a regular exercise bike with programmable resistance (load) that captures and records the required signals, such as heart rate, cadence, and power. In dynamic mode, the bike operates at a user-selected speed (cadence) with programmable variability in speed that has been shown to be essential to achieve the desired motor performance benefits for PD patients. In addition, the flexible and extensible design of the bike permits readily changing the control algorithm and incorporating additional I/O as needed to provide a wide range of riding experiences. Furthermore, the network-enabled controller provides remote access to bike data during a riding session.
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Article
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10.1109/TMECH.2015.2508030
Publication Date
2016-06
Publication Title
IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
Volume
21
Issue
3
First Page
1650
Last Page
1658
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Mohammadi-Abdar, H., Ridgel, A., Discenzo, F., & Loparo, K. (2016). Design and Development of a Smart Exercise Bike for Motor Rehabilitation in Individuals With Parkinson’s Disease (1–). IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2015.2508030
Mohammadi-Abdar, Hassan, Angela Ridgel, Fred Discenzo, and Kenneth Loparo. 2016. “Design and Development of a Smart Exercise Bike for Motor Rehabilitation in Individuals With Parkinson’s Disease”. IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2015.2508030.
Mohammadi-Abdar, Hassan, et al. Design and Development of a Smart Exercise Bike for Motor Rehabilitation in Individuals With Parkinson’s Disease. IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, June 2016, https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2015.2508030.