The effects of cycling posture on exercise performance as determined by infrared thermography

Shiuan-Yu Tseng, Yu-Kang Chang, Chin-Yen Tseng, Sin-Ling Dai, Chun-Hou Wang and Chung-Po Ko

International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 2024, vol. 24, issue 5, 416-428

Abstract: A sore neck and back are very common among cyclists and can be caused by a change in spinal curvature and forward head posture during cycling. In addition, elite cyclists were found to have a decreased infrared thermography measurement during incremental exercise, and increased measurements after exhaustion. This study aims to assess the benefits of corrected cycling posture, evaluated by the OpenPose evaluation system and physical therapists, on exercise performance as determined by infrared thermography. We adopt a case–control study design. Thirty participants were divided into the group riding with a natural posture (control group) and the group riding with a corrected posture (experimental group). While both groups had comparable back and neck temperatures before and 10 min after finishing the exercise, the corrected posture group had a statistically lower temperature compared to the control one after riding for 30 min (33.58 ± 0.69°C vs. 35.18 ± 0.89°C; p

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2024.2316332

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