Bicycling
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Neurological injuries from car surfing.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECT: Trauma secondary to car surfing is a unique mechanism of head and spinal injury in children and adolescents. In this study, the authors present their experience with neurological injuries resulting from car surfing and describe the growing ... Read more...

Squatting, sitting on the floor, or cycling: are life-long daily activities risk factors for clinical knee osteoarthritis? Stage III results of a community-based study.

13 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between occupations, sports, life-long daily activities, and knee osteoarthritis. METHODS: In this case-control study, we randomly recruited 480 subjects with knee osteoarthritis, who had participated in the ... Read more...

A walk (or cycle) to the park: active transit to neighborhood amenities, the CARDIA study.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Building on known associations between active commuting and reduced cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, this study examines active transit to neighborhood amenities and differences between walking and cycling for transportation. METHODS: ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Bicycling'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Neurological injuries from car surfing. 30 Oct 2009
• Squatting, sitting on the floor, or cycling: are life-long daily activities risk factors for clinical knee osteoarthritis? Stage III results of a community-based study. 13 Oct 2009
• Police find range of drugs after trawling bins used by Tour de France cyclists. 11 Oct 2009
• A walk (or cycle) to the park: active transit to neighborhood amenities, the CARDIA study. 29 Sep 2009
• Shifting gears. 29 Sep 2009
• Commentary: How traffic crashes were reduced in China--experience and difficulties. 29 Sep 2009
• [Knee impact injury due to bicycling fall. This is a complicated joint injury] 15 Sep 2009
• ATV (quad bike) injuries in New Zealand children: their extent and severity. 9 Sep 2009
• Bicycling injuries and mortality in Victoria, 2001-2006. Comment. 5 Sep 2009
• Bicycling injuries and mortality in Victoria, 2001-2006. 5 Sep 2009
• Car versus bicycle. 30 Aug 2009
• Design and development of a new right arm prosthetic kit for a racing cyclist. 30 Aug 2009
• The biomechanics of cycling with a transtibial amputation: Recommendations for prosthetic design and direction for future research. 30 Aug 2009
• Introduction to triathlon for the lower limb amputee triathlete. 30 Aug 2009
• Associations of cycling with urban sprawl and the gasoline price. 30 Aug 2009
• Perineal nodular swelling in a recreational cyclist: diagnosis and discussion. 30 Aug 2009
• [Bicycle accident. Would a helmet have prevented these injuries?] 18 Aug 2009
• Muscle strength and metabolism in master athletes. 12 Aug 2009
• [Physiological differences between cycling and running] 3 Aug 2009
• Increased lipid peroxidation in trained men after 2 weeks of antioxidant supplementation. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Bicycling'

Definition: The use of a bicycle for transportation or recreation. It does not include the use of a bicycle in studying the body's response to physical exertion (BICYCLE ERGOMETRY TEST see EXERCISE TEST).

Descriptor UI: D001642

Alternative terms: Bicycling;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; injuries; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; physiology;

Tree Number: I03.450.642.845.140;

History Note: 90(83); was see under SPORTS 1983-89

Technical Notes: for transport or recreation: not for test of phys exertion ( = probably BICYCLE ERGOMETRY TEST see EXERCISE TEST); /inj: coord IM with specific inj (IM); /physiol permitted; Manual 30.15.1