BerkelBike Home – wheelchair exercise
The BerkelBike Home is the ultimate training bike that is able to be incorporated with an electric wheelchair. For those with impaired hand function, the optional special handgrips will be a welcome feature. The BerkelBike Home can perfectly be equipped with the 'Impulse' system and with a cycle trainer which connects you to your laptop or PC. The cycle trainer gives access to a variety of virtual reality and training software packages. Allowing you to have an energetic wheelchair exercise that rivals regular cycling.
The BerkelBike Home, another highly innovative invention is suitable for indoor use and can be connected to a cycle trainer which connects you to your laptop or PC. This gives you access to a variety of virtual reality and training software packages.
The BerkelBike Home helps to improve self-confidence. This invention enables a physically challenged individual, even those suffering from spinal cord injuries, to increase their physical health much more than what a regular wheelchair can provide.
Cycling is an invigorating and healthy exercise and the BerkelBike Home has made this wholesome wheelchair exercise possible even for individuals who are physically challenged. This wonder handcycle has now allowed physically challenged individuals a more effective way of exercise and has given a great boost to their self confidence and self-esteem. The health benefits which can be enjoyed by daily use of this handcycle is nothing to joke about.
Having fun while exercise
Cycling is so much fun and it is an exhilarating, aerobic exercise which can also provide you with a complete workout. It is unfair to restrict this wonder exercise only to physically-inclined individuals. This was what helped give birth to the BerkelBike Home design. The BerkelBike Home offers you the ability to train in this way by using wheelchair exercise. The design of the BerkelBike Home is such that it is effectively a hybrid of a handcycle and a recumbent bike.
Wheelchair exercise: Fitness and Physical Condition
Cycling is a great method for exercising, it is fun and can also provide a great workout for your physical condition. The benefits of cycling are even greater for individuals who are physically impaired to overcome common issues such as being overweight due to lack of activities such as exercise.
With the BerkelBike you can simulate this workout by wheelchair exercise. The wastage of muscle and poor blood circulation due to extensive use of wheelchair can all be avoided with this active sport. The BerkelBike Home is the ideal solution for physically challenged individuals who have no or limited use of their legs. It serves as an excellent method to exercise both the hands and legs so that blood circulation can be improved to those said areas.
The BerkelBike Home handcycle can also be utilized and incorporated for physiotherapy exercise programs which are intended to help regain strength and life to wasted muscles in thr legs. BerkelBike Home has made it all possible for people with physical limitation, even the people who have suffered from Spinal Cord Injury to ride a tricycle using their hands and legs in co-ordination.
The BerkelBike
The BerkelBike is a combination of a handcycle and a recumbent bike and is driven by using both the power of the arms as well as legs. The BerkelBike is developed in cooperation with physicians, therapists and researchers from rehabilitation centres. This amazing invention offers individuals who suffer from medical conditions such as Polio, Stroke (CVA), MS or Spinal Cord Lesion a new sense of hope to regain some normality in their life.
It is little surprise then that the BerkelBike would have garnered awards such as the Millennium Award.
Technical specifications BerkelBike Classic (Impulse)
Front wheel ⇒ 16”
Maximum width ⇒ 86 cm
Maximum height ⇒ 115 cm
Length (adjustable) ⇒ 170 cm
Seat height ⇒ *1
Maximum load ⇒ *1
Leg length (adjustable)*3 ⇒ *1
Frame colour ⇒ Chrome
Braking system⇒ No Braking system
*1 Specifications depend on connected (electrical) wheelchair
*2 Specifications given do not include connected (electrical) wheelchair
*3 Measured from back of buttocks to the ball of the foot with leg outstretched
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