Interventions to promote cycling: systematic review

Lin Yang; Shannon Sahlqvist; Alison McMinn; Simon J. Griffin; David Ogilvie

doi:10.1136/bmj.c5293

Abstract

Community-wide promotional activities and improving infrastructure for cycling have the potential to increase cycling by modest amounts, but further controlled evaluative studies incorporating more precise measures are required, particularly in areas without an established cycling culture. Studies of individualised marketing report consistent positive effects of interventions on cycling behaviour, but these findings should be confirmed using more robust study designs. Future research should also examine how best to promote cycling in children and adolescents and through workplaces. Whether interventions to promote cycling result in an increase in overall physical activity or changes in anthropometric measures is unclear.

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Psychological interventionCyclingObservational studyPopulationMedicineSystematic reviewGerontologyEnvironmental healthMEDLINEGeographyPsychiatryBiology

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Year: 2010
Type: review
Volume: 341
Issue: oct18 2
Pages: c5293-c5293
Citations: 303
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                                    Lin Yang, 
                                
                                    Shannon Sahlqvist, 
                                
                                    Alison McMinn
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Interventions to promote cycling: systematic review. 
                            BMJ
                            , 341
                            (oct18 2)
                            , c5293-c5293.
                            https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c5293
                        

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5293