Today, few children walk or bike to school. According the National Household Travel Survey, only 11% of In 1969, almost 50% walked biked school in US. Although our understanding is limited, previous research has shown that physical environments can influence non-automobile mode choices for travel For example, landscape buffers and trees affect parents’ perceptions their children’s safety increa...

Despite their enhanced marketplace visibility, validity of wearable photoplethysmographic heart rate monitoring is scarce. Forty-seven healthy participants performed seven, 6-min exercise bouts and completed a valid skin type scale. Participants wore an Omron HR500U (OHR) and a Mio Alpha (MA), two commercial wearable photoplethysmographic heart rate monitors. Data were compared to a Polar RS800...

Cycling is an essential transport mode in a well-balanced urban transportation system. While most approaches for achieving an increase from today’s usually low levels of biking are focusing mainly on infrastructure measures and policies, this study presents the effects of the Biking Tourney, a bike commuting challenge between 14 companies aiming at motivating employees to commute by bike. This ...

Recently, cycling has become a popular recreation activity, and mountain biking provides an experience that is sought by increasing number of people. Bike trails constructed for bikers in access areas lead mostly through the forest provide not only extraordinary riding but opportunity to admire surrounding nature. The reason constructing such from landowner’s point view help keep bikers’ moveme...

Young people’s decreased active and independent travel to schools has prompted many countries devise various policies, initiatives, programs counter the associated health detriments. Meanwhile, scholarly studies have identified how children were walking biking school benefits physical mental health, social cognitive development, local government finances. Contributing broader spectrum of academ...

Forests and similar types of landscapes offer a myriad outcomes benefits often associated with participation in outdoor adventure recreation (OAR) activities. Previous research has shown that OAR participants are able to identify, perceive, accurately report the effects their participation. The health experiences, both active more passive, have received growing interest, as setting setting/acti...

Abstract Aim Cycle use has vastly increased over the last few years in UK. The aim of this review was to evaluate effect cycling on common conditions presenting urology clinic, particular those raised PSA, haematuria, soft tissue lesions (“cyclist nodules”) and pudendal nerve entrapment syndromes. Method A PUBMED search literature genitourinary disorders performed. keywords included “Bicycling”...

CONTEXT Recent studies have assessed iliacus tender point prevalence in outpatient clinics. However, studies on the prevalence of iliacus tender points in the young adult population and the correlation of its prevalence with daily activities are lacking. OBJECTIVES (1) To determine the prevalence of low back pain, iliacus tender points, and positive results of Thomas tests (ie, hypertonic ili...

Rapid advances in wearable technologies and real-time monitoring have resulted major inroads the world of recreational elite sport. One such innovation is application monitoring, which comprises a smartwatch ecosystem, designed to collect, process transmit wide range physiological, biomechanical, bioenergetic environmental data using cloud-based services. We plan assess impact this wireless tec...

BACKGROUND The home address is a common spatial proxy for exposure assessment in epidemiological studies but mobility may introduce exposure misclassification. Mobility can be assessed using self-reports or objectively measured using GPS logging but self-reports may not assess the same information as measured mobility. We aimed to assess mobility patterns of a rural population in the Netherland...