TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Cycling strategies of young and older cyclists
JO  - Human movement science
A1  - Bulsink, Vera E.
A1  - Kiewiet, Hielke
A1  - van de Belt, Dorien
A1  - Bonnema, G. Maarten
A1  - Koopman, Bart
SP  - 184
EP  - 195
VL  - 46
IS  - 
N2  - This study concentrates on the cycling strategies of older cyclists (54-62year olds) in comparison to young cyclists (20-30year olds). While cycling in a safe laboratory set-up, controlled lateral perturbations are applied to the rear of the bicycle. Three possible strategies to keep balance are analysed for a young and older aged group: steering, lateral trunk movement and outward knee movement. Older subjects appear to rely more on knee movement as a control mechanism than young subjects. Furthermore, the frequency domain analysis revealed that the older adults need more effort to counteract high frequency perturbations. Increased inter-individual variation for the older adults subject group suggests that this group can be seen as a transition group in terms of physical fitness. This explains their increased risk in single-sided bicycle accidents (i.e. accidents involving the cyclist only). Therefore, older cyclists could benefit from improving the stability of cycling at lower speeds.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0167-9457
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2016.01.005
ID  - ref1
ER  -