Effect of bicycle saddle designs on the pressure to perineum of the bicyclist

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1055-1062

  Lowe, Brian D ^a,b   Schrader, Steven M ^b   Breitenstein, Michael J ^b  

^a Hum Factors and Ergonom Res Sect   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Erectile dysfunction; Groin pressure; Impotence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AWARENESS; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INGUINAL REGION; ISCHIUM; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINEUM; POLICE; PRESSURE; SEAT; SPORT; TIME;

BICYCLING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PERINEUM; PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2642544949     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000128248.40501.73     Document Type: Article

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