AUTHOR=Fuglsang Thomas , Padulo Johnny , Spoladore Massimo , Dalla Piazza Michele , Ardigò Luca P. TITLE=Development and Testing of a Novel Arm Cranking-Powered Watercraft JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physiology VOLUME=8 YEAR=2017 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2017.00635 DOI=10.3389/fphys.2017.00635 ISSN=1664-042X ABSTRACT=
There is a lack of human-powered watercrafts for people with lower-body disabilities. The purpose of this study was therefore to develop a watercraft for disabled people and investigate the metabolic cost and efficiency when pedaling. The watercraft was designed by combining parts of a waterbike and a handbike. Nine able-bodied subjects pedaled the watercraft at different speeds on a lake to provide steady-state metabolic measurements, and a deceleration test was performed to measure the hydrodynamic resistance of the watercraft. The results showed a linear correlation between metabolic power and mechanical power (