Studying the Effectiveness of Application of a New Developed Elliptical Bicycle Trainer
This paper reports on studying the effectiveness of application of a new developed elliptical bicycle trainer that includes a unique loading unit consisting of a stationary and a mobile part. The stationary part is done as elliptical gears with internal gearing; the mobile part is a pedal-bearing loading mechanism that can move on elliptical gears via toothed gearing. Research in this field included a number of studies which confirmed the suggestion that range of joint motion and volume of muscle and ligament work in lower limbs could be increased by pedaling on an elliptical bike trainer compared to a common bicycle trainer using the conventional pedaling scheme.