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ArticleExperimental physiology2026

Commuting by bicycle (vs. by car) is associated with improved aerobic power, microvascular function and diminished CO

Caterina Ursella, Giovanni Baldassarre, Lucrezia Zuccarelli, Federica Caponnetto, Francesco Curcio, Mattia D'Alleva, Maria De Martino, Elisabetta Fontanini, Andrea Palomba, Antonio Paolo Beltrami and 2 more

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Article in Experimental physiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Caterina UrsellaDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4645-1242
Giovanni BaldassarreDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4182-9216
Lucrezia ZuccarelliDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2447-4684
Federica CaponnettoDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Francesco CurcioDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Mattia D'AllevaDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Maria De MartinoDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Elisabetta FontaniniDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3327-5243
Andrea PalombaDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Antonio Paolo BeltramiDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Federico FormentiNuffield Division of Anaesthetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4289-0761
Bruno GrassiDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3188-1659

Funding

Programma Operativo Nazionale Ricerca e Innovazione 2014-2020 CCI 2014IT16M2OP005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study investigated whether bicycle compared with car commuting, over relatively small distances, has positive effects on physiological variables, cardiometabolic fitness and CO

Indexed as

BicyclingCarbon DioxideExerciseMicrocirculationTransportationAdultAtmosphereEnergy MetabolismExercise TestFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOxygen ConsumptionCarbon Dioxidebicycle commutingcar commutingCO2 output in atmosphereendothelial functionhuman/environmental and exercise physiologypeak aerobic power

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PMID40879662
PMCPMC12949113

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