Concentric and Eccentric Pedaling-Type Interval Exercise on a Soft Robot for Stable Coronary Artery Disease Patients: Toward a Personalized Protocol

Daniel P Fitze   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Martino Franchi   ^{1, 2 *} , MSc, PhD ;   Werner L Popp   ^{3, 4} , MSc, PhD ;   Severin Ruoss   ¹ , MSc, PhD ;   Silvio Catuogno   ² , MA ;   Karin Camenisch   ² , MSc ;   Debora Lehmann   ² , MSc ;   Christian M Schmied   ⁵ , PD Dr med ;   David Niederseer   ⁵ , MD, PhD, BSc ;   Walter O Frey   ² , Dr med ;   Martin Flück   ¹ , MSc, PhD

¹ Laboratory for Muscle Plasticity, Department of Orthopaedics, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

² Balgrist Move>Med, Swiss Olympic Medical Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

³ Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

⁴ Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

⁵ University Heart Center Zurich, Sports Cardiology Section, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

*these authors contributed equally