Ergonomic insights into bicycle design: the significance of hip and shoulder adduction-abduction angles.
Comfortable joint angles (CJA), anthropometrics, range of motion (ROM) and sex are crucial for optimising bicycle designs to enhance performance and prevent injuries. Previous studies have not comprehensively provided related data, motivating the current study to address three questions: (1) What is...
| Publicado en: | Ergonomics Vol. 69; no. 8; pp. 1639 - 1656 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2026
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