Open AccessEffect of Bicycle Saddle Designs on the Pressure to the Perineum of the Bicyclist
Author(s) -
Brian D. Lowe,
Steven M. Schrader,
Michael Breitenstein
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/01.mss.0000128248.40501.73
Subject(s) - saddle , perineum , groin , medicine , geology , anatomy , structural engineering , engineering
Increasing awareness of an association between bicycling and male sexual dysfunction has led to the appearance of a variety of bicycle saddles that share the design objective of reducing pressure in the groin of the cyclist by removal of the narrow protruding nose of the saddle. This study compared three of these saddle designs to a traditional sport/road racing saddle with a narrow protruding nose in terms of pressure in the region of the perineum (groin) of the cyclist.