Effect of Cycling on Locomotor System
Authors:
B. Kračmar
Authors‘ workplace:
Klinika komplexní rehabilitace MONADA, Praha Fakulta tělesné výchovy a sportu UK, Praha
Published in:
Rehabil. fyz. Lék., 12, 2005, No. 1, pp. 27-33.
Category:
Original Papers
Overview
Riding a bike is commonly used for individual recreation and during a rehabilitation treatment. However, we have found an incorrect posture in the area of cervical spine. Also cycling for the purpose of a high performance does not always have to put optimum load on locomotion organs of a human being. Movement of lower extremities does not have to correspond to the human congenital locomotor programme. The basis of our approach is to find puncta fixa on a bike saddle and handlebars and puncta mobile distally on pedals. Lower extremities work as a power generator. Therefore riding a bike is not a natural human locomotion. When riding in a standing position we have found a required higher activity of m. gluteus maximus.
Key words:
riding a bicycle, locomotor activity, rehabilitation treatment of joints
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