No-Nose Bicycle Saddles Improve Penile Sensation
And Erectile Function
In Bicycling Police Officers
August 8, 2008 An innovative study
appearing in the August issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine
examined, for the first time, if noseless bicycle saddles would be an
effective intervention for alleviating deleterious health effects,
erectile dysfunction and groin numbness, caused by bicycling on the
traditional saddle with a protruding nose extension. Results from this
study may be useful for the estimated 5 million recreational cyclists to
alleviate perineal discomfort and maintain sexual health.
Ninety bicycling police officers from 5 metropolitan regions in the U.S.
(Northwest, Southern, Desert West, Midwest, and Southeast) using
traditional saddles were evaluated prior to changing saddles and then
again after 6 months of using the noseless bicycle saddle.
The findings show that use of the noseless saddle resulted in a
reduction in saddle contact pressure in the perineal region. There was a
significant improvement in penile tactile sensation, and the number of
men indicating they had not experienced genital numbness while cycling
for the preceding 6 months rose from 27 percent to 82 percent using
no-nose saddles. Use of the noseless saddle also resulted in significant
increases in erectile function as assessed by the initial evaluation,
but there were no significant changes noted in Rigiscan® measures, a
method used to record penile rigidity while the subject sleeps. With few
exceptions, bicycle police officers were able to effectively use no-nose
saddles in their police work and 97 percent of officers completing the
study continued to use the no-nose saddle afterward.
Dr. Steven Schrader of the National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health in Cincinnati, first author of the study and the recent
co-recipient along with his research team of a Bullard-Sherwood
Research-to-Practice Award in the Interventions Category for "Health
Effects of Occupational Cycling" stated, "No-nose saddles are a useful
intervention for bicycling police officers alleviating pressure to the
groin and improving penis health. Different saddle designs may require
some re-learning of 'how to ride a bicycle,' but the health benefits to
having unrestricted vascular flow to and from the penis and less penile
numbness is self-evident."
Dr. Irwin Goldstein, Director, Sexual Medicine, Alvarado Hospital, San
Diego C.A., and editor-in-chief of The Journal of Sexual Medicine,
wrote an accompanying editorial entitled "The A, B, C's of The
Journal of Sexual Medicine: Awareness, Bicycle Seats, and Choices".
"For the first time, we have a prospective study of healthy policemen
riding bikes on the job, using wider, no-nose bike saddles for 6 months.
Not only did their sensation improve, their erectile function also
improved. Changing saddles changed physiology. This is a landmark study
for our field that that is important for future riders, and modification
of lifestyle showing improvement without any active treatment."
"Cutting Off the Nose to Save the Penis."
Steven M. Schrader, Michael J. Breitenstein, Brian D. Lowe.
The Journal of Sexual Medicine
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00867.x Volume 5 Issue 8 (August 2008).
To view the abstract for this article, please
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The Journal of Sexual Medicine was founded in 2004 and is the
official journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, its
five regional affiliated societies and the International Society for the
Study of Women's Sexual Health. It publishes multi-disciplinary basic
science and clinical research to define and understand the scientific
basis of male and female sexual function and dysfunction.
The Journal of Sexual Medicine
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