INTERVENTION AT THE FOOT-SHOE-PEDAL INTERFACE IN COMPETITIVE CYCLISTS

International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy

Bill Vicenzino²  Sue Ann Sisto¹  Sinead FitzGibbon³ 

[1] School of Health Technology and Management, Stony Brook University, NY, USA;School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia;Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, Provo UT, USA

关键词: Bicycling injury;    orthoses;    wedges;   

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学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: American Physical Therapy Association

【 摘 要 】

Competitive cyclists are susceptible to injury from the highly repetitive nature of pedaling during training and racing. Deviation from an optimal movement pattern is often cited as a factor contributing to tissue stress with specific concern for excessive frontal plane knee motion. Wedges and orthoses are increasingly used at the foot-shoe-pedal-interface (FSPI) in cycling shoes to alter the kinematics of the lower limb while cycling. Determination of the effect of FSPI alteration on cycling kinematics may offer a simple, inexpensive tool to reduce anterior knee pain in recreational and competitive cyclists. There have been a limited number of experimental studies examining the effect of this intervention in cyclists, and there is little agreement upon which FSPI interventions can prevent or treat knee injury. The purpose of this review is to provide a broader review of the literature than has been performed to date, and to critically examine the literature examining the evidence for FSPI intervention in competitive cyclists.

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