Q. How do I find market research on Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycles (FES Cycles (Bikes))?

• Exercise and FES Cycle Fact Sheet (Australia)
• Functional Electrical Stimulation - Christopher Reeves Foundation
• Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycles: A Focus on Medicaid Funding

Companies

• Concepts (UK)Anatomical
• Restorative Therapies 
• Therapeutic AlliancesInc.

Studies

• "The Effectiveness of FES Bikes for People with Spinal Cord Injury." [2012]
• Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling Promotes Recovery in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury - Science Daily March 4, 2013.
• Systematic Review of the Exercise or Health-Related Benefits of FES Cycling and Locomotor Training Approaches after SCI 1989-2009 - Boston university Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Spinal Cord Injuries

• International Center for Spinal Cord Injury
• NSCIA: the National Spinal Cord Injury Association
• NINDS Spinal Cord Injury Information Page

Data

• NSCISC National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center
  NSCISC supports and directs the collection, management and analysis of the world's largest and longest spinal cord injury research database.

• Spinal Cord Injury Facts and Figures at a Glance

  • There are an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 spinal cord injuries every year in the United States.
  • A quarter of a million Americans are currently living with spinal cord injuries.
  • The cost of managing the care of spinal cord injury patients approaches $4 billion each year.
  • 38.5 percent of all spinal cord injuries happen during car accidents. Almost a quarter, 24.5 percent, are the result of injuries relating to violent encounters, often involving guns and knifes. The rest are due to sporting accidents, falls, and work-related accidents.
  • 55 percent of spinal cord injury victims are between 16 and 30 years old.
  • More than 80 percent of spinal cord injury patients are men
    
    Source: Facts and Figures at a Glance, May 2001. National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center.