Development of a new geometric bicycle saddle for the maintenance of genital-perineal vascular perfusion

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 605-611

  Breda, G ^a   Piazza, N ^b   Bernardi, V ^a   Lunardon, E ^a   Caruso, Adara ^a  

^a S Bassiano Hospital   (Italy)

^b SS Giovanni and Paul Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bicycle Saddle; Genital Perineal Vascular Perfusion; Pelvic Floor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; COMPRESSION; CYCLING; DEVICE; ERGONOMICS; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 28544439709     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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