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Theracycle exercise-, and cycling-related videos from the medical community and other media outlets.

Note: ABC News does not permit the embedding of their YouTube videos on non-ABC web sites. To view these videos, simply click on the screen image (or their corresponding link) and you'll be forwarded to their respective video on YouTube.

Theracycle – Narrated by Peter Blumenthal, Exercycle CEO

Peter explains the benefits of the motor-assisted Theracycle to users with various movement conditions. The video also features testimonials from Theracycle users and Dr. Thomas F. Morgan, Assistant Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Brown University School of Medicine. The video closes with a special news feature on the company by ABC affiliate, WCVB TV5 Boston.

Pedaling for Parkinson's

3/9/2010 – Jay Alberts, Ph.D. and the Center for Neurological Restoration have discovered that Parkinsons patients who rode with a trainer peddling at 80-90 RPM for an hour three times a week showed a 35% increase in motor function. http://bit.ly/97JrJ4

Cycling for Freezing of Gait reported by NEJM

4/1/2010 – A 58-year-old man with a 10-year history of idiopathic Parkinson's disease presented with an incapacitating freezing of gait. However, the patient's ability to ride a bicycle was remarkably preserved. (In Video 2, the patient is not wearing a safety helmet because in the Netherlands, wearing a safety helmet is neither required by law nor customary.) http://bit.ly/c4BQ2f

ABC World News: Patients Pedal Past Parkinson's

Just a few minutes of bicycling creates lasting improvements in motor functions.
NOTE: To view this video, please visit the ABC News YouTube page:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRGCWIOeTC0

ABC News – Good Morning America: Can Exercise Treat Parkinson's?

A neuroscientist discovers a mysterious connection between our hands and legs.
NOTE: To view this video, please visit the ABC News – GMA YouTube page:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYeuM7vhHkc&feature=channel

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