Low Back Pain in Cycling. Are There Differences between Road and Mountain Biking?

Gerson Garrosa-Martín, Carlos Alberto Muniesa, Juan José Molina-Martín () and Ignacio Diez-Vega
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Gerson Garrosa-Martín: EUSES Health and Sport Science School, Rovira i Virgili University, 43870 Amposta, Spain
Carlos Alberto Muniesa: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), 26006 Logrono, Spain
Juan José Molina-Martín: Departamento de Deportes, de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte-INEF, de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Ignacio Diez-Vega: Departamento de Enfermería y Fisioterapia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de León, 24401 Ponferrada, Spain

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-10

Abstract: Low back pain (LBP) is known to affect cyclists. This study aimed to describe perceived lumbar dysfunction and compare the pain sensation in recreational cyclists who practice road and mountain biking. Forty males were randomly assigned to carry out a 3-h road cycling (RC) and mountain biking (MTB) time trial (TT) at submaximal intensity. LBP and pain pressure threshold (PPT) were measured before and after the TT. A significant increment at the LBP was found after RC TT ( p < 0.001; d = 2.61), similar to MTB TT ( p < 0.001; d = 2.65). However, PPT decreased after completing the RC TT ( p < 0.001; d = 1.73) and after MTB TT ( p = 0.024; d = 0.77). There were no differences in the LBP evolution between both interventions ( p > 0.01). Low back pain perception increases with cycling in recreational cyclists. Nevertheless, this increase appears to be more related to the traits of the cyclist than the modality practiced.

Keywords: road cycling; low back pain; mountain bike; recreational cyclist (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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