Riding a bike

[bridge too far]

Very interesting article

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/nov/18/cycling-parkinsons-wellcome-prize-catherine-hess

[Spudders]

I'm going to assume the interesting part is towards the end of the article as it wasn't in the early part before I got bored & closed the page

[bridge too far]

I'm going to assume the interesting part is towards the end of the article as it wasn't in the early part before I got bored & closed the page

 

It's interesting on a number of levels. Firstly, just how complicated it is for the brain to order the mechanics of actually riding a bike but mostly because the little video shows how a man, almost paralysed by the effect of Parkinson's disease, can nonetheless ride a bike quite normally.

 

If they can crack why this should be possible, it could offer very real hope for therapies for people with this debilitating disease.

 

It really is worth reading, even if you ignore the first bit.