ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION (ARTIGO ORIGINAL) DURING AN INCREMENTAL EXERCISE CYCLISTS IMPROVE BILATERAL PEDALING SYMMETRY

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