Health benefits of cycling: a systematic review

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports - Tập 21 Số 4 - Trang 496-509 - 2011
Pekka Oja1, Sylvia Titze2, Adrian Bauman3, Bas de Geus4, Patricia Jasmin Krenn2, Bill Reger-Nash5, T. Kohlberger2
1UKK Institute, Tampere, Finland
2Institute of Sport Science, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
3School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
4Department of Human Physiology and Sports Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
5Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

Tóm tắt

The purpose of this study was to update the evidence on the health benefits of cycling. A systematic review of the literature resulted in 16 cycling‐specific studies. Cross‐sectional and longitudinal studies showed a clear positive relationship between cycling and cardiorespiratory fitness in youths. Prospective observational studies demonstrated a strong inverse relationship between commuter cycling and all‐cause mortality, cancer mortality, and cancer morbidity among middle‐aged to elderly subjects. Intervention studies among working‐age adults indicated consistent improvements in cardiovascular fitness and some improvements in cardiovascular risk factors due to commuting cycling. Six studies showed a consistent positive dose–response gradient between the amount of cycling and the health benefits. Systematic assessment of the quality of the studies showed most of them to be of moderate to high quality. According to standard criteria used primarily for the assessment of clinical studies, the strength of this evidence was strong for fitness benefits, moderate for benefits in cardiovascular risk factors, and inconclusive for all‐cause mortality, coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality, cancer risk, and overweight and obesity. While more intervention research is needed to build a solid knowledge base of the health benefits of cycling, the existing evidence reinforces the current efforts to promote cycling as an important contributor for better population health.

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Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Tập 21 Số 4

496-509

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