Patent ID: 7280871

Claim:
A system including: (a) an exercise machine having displaceable means for moving with a body part of a user; (b) a motor arranged to drive the displaceable means at a selected but normally substantially constant speed and providing a resistance for resisting displacement load from the user's body part applied to the displacement means; (c) a functional electrical stimulation (FES) system for selected muscle groups of the user corresponding to the body part to be exercised on the exercise machine; (d) a feedback control system that receives signals indicative of the user's performance during exercise; and (e) means for controlling the FES system, by controlling the electrical stimulation to the user's muscles to control the exercise regime; and (f) means to measure and provide output data for recording the muscle performance of the user; and (g) means for controlling an exercise regime for the user with means responsive to the data relating to the user's muscle performance to select different speeds for the motor and different corresponding timings for stimulation through the FES to vary the work load.