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ReviewJournal of functional morphology and kinesiology2025

Do Non-Circular Chainrings Enhance Cycling Performance? A Systematic Review of Randomized Crossover Trials.

Filipe Maia, Henrique Sousa, Oscar Garcia-Garcia, Ricardo Pimenta, Paulo Santiago, Pedro Castro Vigário, Gonçalo Torres, Fábio Yuzo Nakamura

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Review in Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Filipe MaiaResearch Center in Sports Science, Health Science and Human Development (CIDESD), University of Maia, 4475-690 Maia, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4026-3804
Henrique SousaResearch Center in Sports Science, Health Science and Human Development (CIDESD), University of Maia, 4475-690 Maia, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0006-7073-866X
Oscar Garcia-GarciaSport Performance, Physical Condition and Wellness Lab, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, Universidad de Vigo, 36310 Pontevedra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4215-9207
Ricardo PimentaPolytechnic Institute of Maia Research Center (N2i), Polytechnic Institute of Maia, 4470-751 Maia, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0134-5038
Paulo SantiagoPolytechnic Institute of Maia Research Center (N2i), Polytechnic Institute of Maia, 4470-751 Maia, Portugal.
Pedro Castro VigárioPolytechnic Institute of Maia Research Center (N2i), Polytechnic Institute of Maia, 4470-751 Maia, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-4721-5298
Gonçalo TorresResearch Center in Sports Science, Health Science and Human Development (CIDESD), University of Maia, 4475-690 Maia, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0003-5629-3404
Fábio Yuzo NakamuraResearch Center in Sports Science, Health Science and Human Development (CIDESD), University of Maia, 4475-690 Maia, Portugal.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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chainring geometrycycling economypedal efficiencyphysical performancesports

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PMID41003239
PMCPMC12470903

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