ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.
Sec. Biomechanics
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2025.1657558
Effects of Workload on 3D Joint Moments in Cycling and their Implications for Injury Prevention
Provisionally accepted
- 1Universidad de Sevilla Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
- 2Universidad de Huelva Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria, Huelva, Spain
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Several studies have been published in the literature analysing the effect of workload on joint moments during pedalling. Most of these studies focus on a single plane, mainly the sagittal plane, or on one joint (the knee). In this work a workload effect analysis is proposed on the three main joints of the lower body and on the three anatomical planes. Usually, this type of study has been carried out using scalar 0D metrics such as the maximum or the variable range. In this work the analysis has been extended by complementing it with a statistical parametric mapping analysis. Ten participants pedalling at 90 rpm and three pedal powers (170, 240 and 310 W) were analysed. The results obtained show that pedalling power affects the moments in the three joints and in the three anatomical planes. Analysis of the common causes of the main overload injuries that occur in cycling suggests that a threedimensional analysis of the joint moments of the three main joints of the lower limb, including 0D and 1D data, is useful for the prevention of these injuries.The analysis of the common causes of the main overuse injuries that occur in cycling suggest that a three-dimensional analysis involving scalar and vector variables and including the three main joints of the lower body is interesting for the prevention of these injuries.
Keywords: Cycling, statistical parametric mapping, 3D Joint Moment, 3D Joint Angle, Power effect, statistical analysis, injury prevention
Received: 01 Jul 2025; Accepted: 02 Sep 2025.
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* Correspondence: Joaquín Ojeda, Universidad de Sevilla Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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