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Effects of e-biking on older adults’ biking and walking frequencies, health, functionality and life space area: A prospective observational study
Highlights First prospective observational study among older adults on this topic. Starting to e-bike associated with more frequent overall biking. Starting to e-bike associated with less frequent conventional biking. Starting to e-bike not associated with health benefits. Future research should use objective measures of biking, health and life space area.
Abstract The current prospective observational study among Flemish and Dutch older adults aimed to examine the effects of starting to e-bike on total and conventional biking frequencies, walking for transport, self-rated health, functionality and life space area. We observed a large increase in total biking frequency among those who started e-biking, while frequencies decreased in those who did e-bike at both time points, did not e-bike at both time points and stopped e-biking. Conventional biking frequencies decreased in all groups. No effects were observed on walking for transport, self-rated health and life space area. Functionality tended to decrease in all groups, except among those who stopped e-biking for whom no change in functionality was observed. In conclusion, e-bikes offer older adults a possibility to increase their biking levels and potentially extend their life on a bike. Future studies should use objective measures of biking volume and intensity, health and life space area and confirm whether current findings are generalizable to other regions.
Effects of e-biking on older adults’ biking and walking frequencies, health, functionality and life space area: A prospective observational study
Highlights First prospective observational study among older adults on this topic. Starting to e-bike associated with more frequent overall biking. Starting to e-bike associated with less frequent conventional biking. Starting to e-bike not associated with health benefits. Future research should use objective measures of biking, health and life space area.
Abstract The current prospective observational study among Flemish and Dutch older adults aimed to examine the effects of starting to e-bike on total and conventional biking frequencies, walking for transport, self-rated health, functionality and life space area. We observed a large increase in total biking frequency among those who started e-biking, while frequencies decreased in those who did e-bike at both time points, did not e-bike at both time points and stopped e-biking. Conventional biking frequencies decreased in all groups. No effects were observed on walking for transport, self-rated health and life space area. Functionality tended to decrease in all groups, except among those who stopped e-biking for whom no change in functionality was observed. In conclusion, e-bikes offer older adults a possibility to increase their biking levels and potentially extend their life on a bike. Future studies should use objective measures of biking volume and intensity, health and life space area and confirm whether current findings are generalizable to other regions.
Effects of e-biking on older adults’ biking and walking frequencies, health, functionality and life space area: A prospective observational study
Van Cauwenberg, Jelle (author) / Schepers, Paul (author) / Deforche, Benedicte (author) / de Geus, Bas (author)
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice ; 156 ; 227-236
2021-12-15
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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