MAeSTRo: neuro-Musculoskeletal ASsessement and TRaining for safe (e-)cycling
Description: In Flanders, 83% of the adult population uses a bicycle and one out of three uses their bike daily. Biking is an essential way to maintain physical activity levels in a population, but this is even truer for older persons. Bike safety is a major concern, especially for this older population using e-bikes. Older adults are particularly at risk for accidents without motorized vehicles, highlighting the preponderance of the physical and cognitive properties of an individual in bike accidents. This increased risk might be a result of decreased control of balance due to the decline of sensory, motor or cognitive function in the 65+ population. MAeSTRO is articulated around two arms: In the assessment arm, we will investigate riding competencies and neuro-musculosketetal properties influencing biking skills, which is a prerequisite to design effective interventions to improve bike safety. In the training arm, we will assess a training program developed by our stakeholder VSV, which targets cycling skills in children, and we will pilot an innovative training protocol that focuses on cycling skills in older adults.
Funder: Vlaamse regering
Funding type: grant
Funder scheme: BOF - projects
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Investigators: Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry, Moran Gilat
Institution: KULeuven
Funded outputs count: 0
Funder award ID: C+/24/014
OpenAlex ID: G8306049744