Comfort on bicycles and the validity of a commercial bicycle fitting system

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-211

  Christiaans, Henri H C M ^a   Bremner, Angus ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bicycle design; Bicycle fitting system (simulator); Comfort on bicycles; Subjective measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SIMULATOR; SITTING; SPORT;

EID: 0032103429     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(97)00052-5     Document Type: Article

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