DURING AN INCREMENTAL EXERCISE CYCLISTS IMPROVE BILATERAL PEDALING SYMMETRY

Ano: 2008 | Volume: 2 | Número: 3

Autores: Felipe Pivetta Carpes, Mateus Rossato, Irvin E. Faria, Carlos Bolli Mota

Palavras-chave: crank torque, bilateral asymmetry, laterality, limb coordination, and limb dominance

Resumo Inglês:

CARPES, F. P.; ROSSATO, M.; FARIA, I. E.; MOTA, C. B. During an incremental exercise
cyclists improve bilateral pedaling symmetry. Brazilian Journal of Biomotricity, v. 2, n. 3, p. 155-
159, 2008.This study evaluated the pedaling asymmetry in six cyclists performing an
incremental maximal test. The main hypothesis based in a previous research was that
increasing workload the asymmetry would decrease, which was here confirmed. However, there
were evidences of significant pedaling asymmetry at lower exercise intensities. The asymmetry
was related to lower limb dominance. This results must be confirmed in a larger sample, but
suggest that during most time of training session and some competitions where moderate to low
intensity is sustained the athletes produce torque asymmetrically and the increase of intensity
and fatigue process lead the cyclists to equality of torque output between limbs.