DEVELOPMENT OF CYCLING PANTS DESIGN TO MINIMIZE HEALTH PROBLEM ON THE FEMALE CYCLIST’S GENITAL AREA

Human needs regular physical activities to maintain health for a long term. Sport such as cycling is one of sports that gives many benefits thus favor by many people from all age range. Nowadays cycling is highly favored by female cyclist and not only among male cyclist. Indonesia has brought many f...

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Main Author: Liana Elisabeth Limbong, Hanny
Format: Final Project
Language:Indonesia
Online Access:https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/51020
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Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung
Language: Indonesia
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Summary:Human needs regular physical activities to maintain health for a long term. Sport such as cycling is one of sports that gives many benefits thus favor by many people from all age range. Nowadays cycling is highly favored by female cyclist and not only among male cyclist. Indonesia has brought many female cyclist athletes who has won national and international cycling championship. Behind the benefit and the success female cyclists received, there are also adverse effect from cycling. Cycling activity could trigger health problem for female, one of which is genital damage. Based on fact as stated by experts, when cycling female genital bear around 40% of body weight. Though in fact, female genital is not intended to take any burden. This study aims to find solution to this problem in the form of active prevention efforts, to minimize damage to female cyclist’s genital area. The study output is the design of cycling pants development used by female cyclist athletes.