Bicycling (recreational activity)

Known as: Bicycling, Bike, bicycl 
The use of a bicycle for transportation or recreation. It does not include the use of a bicycle in studying the body's response to physical exertion… (More)
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Safety in numbers: more walkers and bicyclists, safer walking and bicycling.
OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between the numbers of people walking or bicycling and the frequency of collisions between… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Bicycling for transportation and health: the role of infrastructure.
This paper aims to provide insight on whether bicycling for everyday travel can help US adults meet the recommended levels of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Factors of the physical environment associated with walking and bicycling.
PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to identify factors of the physical environment that may influence time spent on walking… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Walking, bicycling, and urban landscapes: evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area.
Some claim that car-dependent cities contribute to obesity by discouraging walking and bicycling. In this article, we use… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
How the built environment affects physical activity: views from urban planning.
The link between the built environment and human behavior has long been of interest to the field of urban planning, but direct… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Anaerobic energy release in working muscle during 30 s to 3 min of exhausting bicycling.
To examine the anaerobic energy release during intense exercise, 16 healthy young men cycled as long as possible at constant… (More)
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Physical activity at 36 years: patterns and childhood predictors in a longitudinal study.
OBJECTIVE The aim was to describe the sex and socioeconomic differences in patterns of physical activity at work and in leisure… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
A case-control study of the effectiveness of bicycle safety helmets.
Bicycling accidents cause many serious injuries and, in the United States, about 1300 deaths per year, mainly from head injuries… (More)
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
The effects of changes in physical activity on major cardiovascular risk factors, hemodynamics, sympathetic function, and glucose utilization in man: a controlled study of four levels of activity.
The effects of four levels of activity on heart rate, blood pressure, cardiac index, total peripheral resistance index (TPRI… (More)
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Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Apparent efficiency and storage of elastic energy in human muscles during exercise.
ASMUSSEN, E. and F. BONDE-PETERSEN. Apparent efficiency and storage of elastic energy in human muscles during exercise. Acta… (More)
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