NIOSH Studies a Delicate Problem for Police Officers on Bicycles

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter - The leading occupational safety and health publication in California.

SAN JOSE -- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released a study it performed for the Long Beach police department regarding some saddle-sore bicycle patrol officers.The study, which was conducted in 2000, recently was published in the Journal of Andrology. It was prompted by concerns about genital numbness among officers of the Marine Bicycle Patrol.NIOSH surveyed the officers, measured the pressure caused by the hardness of their bicycle seats, evaluated bloo

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