Cycling: Muscles Used, Motions Involved, and Functional Implications

Cycling.
Institutional affiliation
Course name
Student name
date

Question C.
N
o
Activity
parts/steps
Alternative
methods
Muscular
requirement.
Strength
demands
(x/5)
Sensory and
other skills
Movement
adaptation for
diagnosis.
1 Stabilizing
the spine
and
maintaining
a posture.
N/A Multifidi
Quadratus
Lumborum
Erectors spinae
Rectus abdominus
Rectus oblique
4/5
4/5
3/5
2/5
2/5
Back
extension.
Back
extension.
Back
extension
Back
extension.
Back
extension
Stabilizing the
spinal cord
and
maintaining a
posture.
2 Fixing the
upper body
on
handlebars.
N/A Latissimus dorsi
Trapezium
4/5
4/5
Shoulders
extension
and
abduction.
Shoulders
extension
and
abduction.
Stabilizes the
shoulders and
the spine.
3 Pedaling:
the push
power
phase and
the pull up
stroke
phase.
N/A Gluteus maximus
Semimembranosu
s
Biceps femoris
4/5
4/5
4/5
Hip
extensor
Knee
extensor
Knee
flexion and
hip
Push power
phase, from
12 o’clock to
5 o’clock
Push power
phase, from 1
o’clock to 7
o’clock
Push power
phase, from 1
o’clock to 7

Vastus medialis
Rectus femoris
Vastus lateralis
Gastrocnemius
Soleus
Tibialis anteriors
3/5
3/5
2/5
1/5
1/5
2/5
extension.
Knee
extensor
Knee
extensor
and hip
extension.
Knee
extensor.
Ankle
planter
flexors
Ankle
planter
flexors
Ankle
dorsiflexors.
o’clock.
Pull-upstroke
phase and the
push power
phase, from
11 o’clock to
3 o’clock.
Pull-upstroke
phase and the
push power
phase, from 9
o’clock to 3
o’clock.
Pull-upstroke
phase and the
push power
phase, from
11 o’clock to
3 o’clock.
Pull-upstroke
phase and the
push power
phase, from 2
o’clock to 7
o’clock
Push power
phase, 2
o’clock to 3
o’clock.
Pull power
phase, 9
o’clock to 10
o’clock.
Question D