ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology1990
The influence of body position on maximal performance in cycling.
Article in European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology, 1990. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Differences in Peak Oxygen Uptake in Bicycle Exercise Test Caused by Body Positions: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Exercise performance and VO2 kinetics during upright and recumbent high-intensity cycling exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2010Trial
- Physiological Responder Profiles and Fatigue Dynamics in Prolonged Cycling.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Right Atrial Pressure During Exercise Predicts Survival in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Article
- Influence of road incline and body position on power-cadence relationship in endurance cycling.European journal of applied physiology · 2012Article
- The relationship between cadence, pedalling technique and gross efficiency in cycling.European journal of applied physiology · 2011Article
- The energetics of cycling on Earth, Moon and Mars.European journal of applied physiology · 2011Review
- Modelling human locomotion: applications to cycling.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2001Review
- Energy cost and efficiency of riding aerodynamic bicycles.European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology · 1993Article
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Abstract
Six healthy male subjects performed a 3-min supramaximal test in four different cycling positions: two with different trunk angles and two with different saddle-tube angles. Maximal power output and maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) were measured. Maximal power output was significantly higher in a standard sitting (SS, 381 W, SD 49) upright position compared to all other positions: standard racing (SR, 364 W, SD 49), recumbent backwards (RB, 355 W, SD 44) and recumbent forwards (RF, 341 W, SD 54). Although VO2max was also highest in SS (4.31 l.min-1, SD 0.5) upright position, the differences in VO2max were not significant (SR, 4.2 l.min-1, SD 0.53; RB, 4.17 l.min-1, SD 0.58; RF, 4.11 l.min-1, SD 0.66). It is concluded that (supra)maximal tests on a cycle ergometer should be performed in a sitting upright position and not in a racing position. In some cases when cycling on the road, higher speeds can be attained when sitting upright. This is especially true when cycling uphill when high power must be generated to overcome gravity but the road speed, and hence the power required to overcome air resistance, is relatively low.
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