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Overuse injuries in cycling are common with up to 85 % of cyclists sustaining one or more overuse injuries during their lifetime. In one year, 33 million USA residents rode a bicycle an average of 6 days a month, for an average of >1 h a day, suggesting that approximately 23 million cyclists may develop at least one overuse injury in their lifetime.
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Bini, R.R., Hume, P.A., Croft, J., Kilding, A. (2014). Optimizing Bicycle Configuration and Cyclists’ Body Position to Prevent Overuse Injury Using Biomechanical Approaches. In: Bini, R., Carpes, F. (eds) Biomechanics of Cycling. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05539-8_8
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