Researcher at the Inserm CAPS laboratory and teacher at the Faculty of Sport in Dijon, Gaëlle Deley leads the Avistim project, which allows people with motor disabilities to play sports using an electrostimulation system coupled to a rowing machine.
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LE FIGARO.
- How was the Avistim project born?
Gaelle DELEY.
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I saw for the first time this kind of device in 2008, in Boston.
It was impressive to see people arriving in wheelchairs, and 5 minutes later rowing as if nothing had happened!
I started to work on the subject and in view of the impressive results (in one year, an increase of 130% in muscle mass, 150% in thigh strength, 70% in overall endurance…), I created the association Stimulate your handicap to spread the method.
A partnership with the APF France handicap association and the French Rowing Federation, as well as with the company Kurage, has made it possible to obtain funding to equip as many regions as possible.
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