Trial reportBMC public health2017
From cars to bikes - the feasibility and effect of using e-bikes, longtail bikes and traditional bikes for transportation among parents of children attending kindergarten: design of a randomized cross-over trial.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03131518 (From Cars to Bikes - the Feasibility and Effect of Using E-bikes, Traditional Bikes and Longtail Bikes for Transportation Among Parents of Children Attending Kindergarten), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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From Cars to Bikes - the Feasibility and Effect of Using E-bikes, Traditional Bikes and Longtail Bikes for Transportation Among Parents of Children Attending Kindergarten: a Randomized Cross-over Trial
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
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- From cars to bikes - The effect of an intervention providing access to different bike types: A randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Domestic Use of E-Cargo Bikes and Other E-Micromobility: Protocol for a Multi-Centre, Mixed Methods Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Benefits, risks, barriers, and facilitators to cycling: a narrative review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Review
- Electric bike (non)users' health and comfort concerns pre and peri a world pandemic (COVID-19): A qualitative study.Journal of transport & health · 2021Article
- Increasing Active Transportation Through E-Bike Use: Pilot Study Comparing the Health Benefits, Attitudes, and Beliefs Surrounding E-Bikes and Conventional Bikes.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2018Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe present study aims to increase bicycling and level of physical activity (PA), and thereby promote health in parents of toddlers, by giving access to different bicycle types. There is a need for greater understanding of e-bikes and their role in the transportation network, and further effects on PA levels and health. Moreover, longtail bikes could meet certain practical needs not fulfilled by e-bikes or traditional bikes, hence increased knowledge regarding their feasibility should be obtained. No previous studies have investigated whether providing an e-bike or a longtail bike over an extended period in a sample of parents of toddlers influence objectively assessed amount of bicycling and total PA level, transportation habits, cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition and blood pressure.
methodsA randomized cross-over trial will be performed, entailing that participants in the intervention group (n = 18) complete the following intervention arms in random order: (i) three months access to an e-bicycle with trailer for child transportation (n = 6), (ii) three months access to a longtail bicycle (n = 6), and (iii) three months access to a regular bicycle with trailer (n = 6), in total nine months. Also, a control group (n = 18) maintaining usual transportation and PA habits will be included. A convenience sample consisting of 36 parents of toddlers residing in Kristiansand municipality, Southern Norway, will be recruited. Total amount of bicycling (distance and time), total level of PA, and transportation habits will be measured at baseline and in connection to each intervention arm. Cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition and blood pressure will be measured at baseline and post-intervention. Main outcome will be bicycling distance and time spent cycling. DISCUSSION: New knowledge relevant for the timely issues of public health and environmental sustainability will be provided among parents of toddlers, representing a target group of greatest importance. There is a call for research on the influence of e-bikes and longtail bikes on travel behavior and PA levels, and whether voluntary cycling could improve health. If the present study reveals promising results, it should be replicated in larger and more representative samples. Eventually, inclusion in national public health policies should be considered.
trial registrationID NCT03131518 , made public 26.04.2017.
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