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Old 06-07-2016, 07:23 AM
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Default Passive leg cycling
Bergamotte said: "Hypothetically, even a paraplegic PWP could achieve the necessary speed, by using equipment that assists."

There has been at least one study done with passive leg cycling [1] but, from memory, the effect was fairly mild.

Acute effects of passive leg cycling on upper extremity tremor and bradykinesia in Parkinson's disease. - PubMed - NCBI

[1] Ridgel AL, Muller MD, Kim CH, Fickes EJ, Mera TO. Acute effects of passive leg cycling on upper extremity tremor and bradykinesia in Parkinson's disease. Phys Sportsmed 2011 Sep;39(3):83-93. doi: 10.3810/psm.2011.09.1924.
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