Injuries Caused by Poor Biomechanical Fit in Cycling: A Narrative Review
Keywords:
Injury, Cycling, Overuse, BiomechanicsAbstract
In cycling, an understanding of biomechanics is indispensable for the prevention of injuries, more specifically overuse injuries, which occur due to continuous pedaling on a poorly adjusted or inappropriate bicycle. This work has been developed in the form of a systematic review, examining current evidence related to the main injuries of biomechanical origin in cycling and the maladjustments that cause them. To this end, different scientific article databases (EHU Liburutegia, PubMed, Google Scholar) have been reviewed to collate the information gathered on the subject. After imposing certain standards of quality and recency of the information, inclusion and exclusion criteria were established, and 38 articles were considered appropriate for this review. Most of the studies deal with the most common overuse injuries, knee and low back injuries, although throughout the review we have also managed to classify several injuries occurring to other parts of the body: neck, shoulders, arm, hands, hips, buttocks, perineum, genitalia, Achilles tendon and feet. The aim of this review is to provide, with a summary table, a systematic overview of the scientific evidence of cycling injuries with biomechanical origin. There have been certain limitations to this review, particularly regarding the lack of studies on certain injuries.
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