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UPMC’s Cycling
Performance Services can help you get the most from your ride whether
it’s on the track or on the trail. By improving your cycling performance,
you can ride longer and faster while preventing cycling-related injuries.
Our cycling performance services are available to cyclists of all abilities.
UPMC Sports Medicine
Cycling Performance Services offers cyclists the latest physiologic testing
services; treatment, and management of cycling-related injuries; technical
consultation; and injury prevention.
Cycling Services
- musculoskeletal
screening – manual flexibility and strength assessment performed
by a UPMC certified athletic trainer
- kinematic assessment
including the evaluation of appropriate joint angles and pedaling forces
- cycling-related
injury assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation
- performance testing
services include:
maximal oxygen
uptake (VO2 max)
peak power
lactate threshold
body composition analysis
Related Services
Our cycling performance
services are backed by the expertise of UPMC Sports Medicine and the University
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery –
ranked among
the top orthopaedic programs in the nation by U.S. News & World
Report.
Research
UPMC Sports Medicine Cycling Performance Services are closely aligned
with the University
of Pittsburgh Neuromuscular Research Laboratory. Related research
includes:
- effects of core
fatigue on body movement and pedaling efficiency in the elite cyclist
- relationship of
bicycle fit and rider position on injury characteristics in recreational
cyclists
Contact Us
For more information on UPMC Sports Medicine’s Cycling Performance
Services or to make an appointment, call Bill Ankrom, ATC, at 412-432-3770.
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