Cycling Glove Research, UW Madison, Mechanical Engineering

[ralienpp]

So which gloves do you recommend? It would be great if you shared the data about the levels of protection provided by different glove types/brands.

[heidiploeg]

@ralienpp

Thank you for your interest in our study. We did not compare brands, but you can find out more about the study from our publications:

[heidiploeg]

@heidiploeg The links didn't xfer, here are the references:

Slane J., Timmerman M., Ploeg H., Thelen D., The influence of glove and hand position on pressure over the ulnar nerve during cycling, Clinical Biomechanics, 26(6):642-8, 2011. PMID: 21458120

Slane, J., Timmerman M., Ploeg H., Thelen D., The influence of glove and hand position on pressure over the ulnar nerve during cycling, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB), Providence, Rhode Island, August 2010.

[heidiploeg]

@heidiploeg

Slane, J., Timmerman M., Ploeg H., Thelen D., Hypothenar pressure mapping provides insight for reducing ulnar nerve compression in cyclists, 12th biennial ESM2010 Conference on Dynamic Load Distribution in Biomechanics, Providence, Rhode Island, August 2010.