PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Robson Dias Scoz
AU  - Cesar Ferreira Amorim
AU  - Thiago Espindola
AU  - Mateus Santiago
AU  - Jose Joao Baltazar Mendes
AU  - Paulo Rui de Oliveira
AU  - Luciano Maia Alves Ferreira
AU  - Romulo Nolasco Brito
TI  - Discomfort, pain and fatigue levels of 160 cyclists after a kinematic bike-fitting method: an experimental study
AID  - 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001096
DP  - 2021 Aug 01
TA  - BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
PG  - e001096
VI  - 7
IP  - 3
4099  - http://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/7/3/e001096.short
4100  - http://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/7/3/e001096.full
SO  - BMJ OPEN SP EX MED2021 Aug 01; 7
AB  - Objective To analyse rider’s subjective responses after a standardised bicycle ergonomic adjustment method.Methods Experimental study of 160 healthy, amateur mountain bikers analysed previously and 30 days after a bike-fitting session. The main outcome measures were subjective comfort level (Feeling Scale, FEEL), fatigue (OMINI Scale) and pain (Visual Analogue Scale, VAS).Results All variables demonstrated statistical significance between groups pre and post bike-fit session (p<0001). FEEL, OMNI and VAS-knee demonstrated large effect sizes (d=1.30; d=1.39 and d=0.86, respectively). VAS-hands, VAS-neck and VAS-back indicated moderate effect size (d=0.58; d=0.52 and d=0.43, respectively). VAS-groin and VAS-ankle indicated a small size effect (d=0.46 and d=0.43, respectively).Conclusions Overall discomfort, fatigue and pain in healthy mountain biker adults improved according to all three scales. The major improvements in pain levels were detected on the knee, hands, back and neck compared with presession values. Groin and ankle pain had smaller improvements but were still significant. Future clinical trials should address the bias effects of this experimental study.No data are available. Data from this research were not allowed to be shared. Additional data was not allowed to be shared by the participants.