Cycloergometer - a project supported by the HUG private foundation

Physiotherapy equipment to maintain the patient's physical fitness

The Cycloergometer project, initiated by physiotherapist Nicolas Dousse, aims to reduce the hospitalisation time of patients in intensive care where prolonged immobilisation and bed rest have deleterious consequences at the musculoskeletal, pulmonary, cardiac, endocrine and metabolic levels. Exercise, even in an intensive care unit, is an effective way to maintain muscle strength and limit the pernicious effects of prolonged immobilisation and bed rest.

Funded by the private foundation of the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), a partnership of health professionals and scientists with multidisciplinary profiles quickly developed to design and build a prototype mobile and multi-purpose rehabilitation system.