TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of e-biking on older adults’ biking and walking frequencies, health, functionality and life space area: A prospective observational study.
AU - Van Cauwenberg, Jelle
AU - Schepers, P
AU - Deforche, Benedicte
AU - de Geus, Bas
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tra.2021.12.006
DO - 10.1016/j.tra.2021.12.006
M3 - Article
VL - 156
SP - 227
EP - 236
JO - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
JF - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
SN - 0965-8564
ER -