The effect of saddle design on stresses in the perineum during cycling

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1620-1625

  Spears, Iain R ^a   Cummins, Neil K ^a   Brenchley, Zoe ^a   Donohue, Claire ^a   Turnbull, Carli ^a   Burton, Shona ^a   Macho, Gabrielle A ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteries; Impotence; Nerves; Soft tissue modeling; Soreness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CYCLING; NONHUMAN; PERINEUM; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BICYCLING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; PERINEUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042888957     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000084559.35162.73     Document Type: Article

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