Mobility impact and well-being in later life: A multidisciplinary systematic review

Pantelaki, Evangelia; Maggi, Elena; Crotti, Daniele

doi:10.1016/j.retrec.2020.100975

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“…Specifically, it constitutes a crucial pillar of sustainable mobility, that provides a flexible, private and environmentally friendly way of travelling around the city [48][49][50]. Notably, during the past decade, bicycling has become an important travel mode in various cities [51], mainly because of the multiple benefits that it produces in terms of public health, wellbeing, clean air, sustainability and active lifestyle adoption [52][53][54][55] and the rise of cycling-centric interventions like: bike-sharing [56,57]; bike lanes and bike paths [58,59]; bike parking and storage [60,61]; e-bikes [62,63]; traffic calming and traffic safety infrastructure improvements [64,65].…”

Section: Cycling As a Driver For Healthier And More Sustainable Citiesmentioning

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Cycling in the Era of COVID-19: Lessons Learnt and Best Practice Policy Recommendations for a More Bike-Centric Future

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our cities in monumental ways with no sector likely being more severely impacted than transport. Lockdowns, physical spacing, transport restrictions and stay-at-home guidelines have transformed personal mobility and highlighted the mistakes of an unbalanced pro-car culture that defined a century of urban planning. One immediate effect of the virus in relation to travel demand and supply was the emergence of active travel modes because of their unique ability to provide a socially distanced way of transport. Cycling is one of the modes that has enjoyed significant attention. Numerous cities have reallocated street and public space to cyclists and introduced pro-bike interventions like pop-up cycle lanes, e-bike subsidies, free bike-share use and traffic calming measures. This newly found outbreak-induced momentum creates an opportunity to establish a new ethos that allows the promotion of potentially permanent strategies that may help cycling to be (re-)established as a robust, mainstream and resilient travel mode for inner city trips and not as a second-class alternative operating under the automobile’s giant shadow. This paper provides a state-of-the-art description of the anti-COVID cycling-friendly initiatives that have been introduced globally, the successes and failures of these initiatives, the lessons learnt that can help us redefine the bicycle’s role in local societies today and a best cycling practice policy guide for planning a more bike-centric future.

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Cycling in the Era of COVID-19: Lessons Learnt and Best Practice Policy Recommendations for a More Bike-Centric Future

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“…Because of the inevitable decline in fitness that occur as a person ages, every person faces risks of functional decline and frailty, which inevitably result in the loss of independence in activities of daily living 4 . Multiple studies have highlighted the importance of living independently to older adults’ wellbeing, especially in their later years 5 . A certain level of physical fitness is necessary for maintaining physical independence and preventing disability 6 .…”

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Functional fitness norms and trends of community-dwelling older adults in urban China

Zhao

Wang

Chung

et al. 2021

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This study aimed to (1) establish age- and sex-specific functional fitness (FF) norms in Chinese older adults living in urban communities and (2) explore ageing-related degradations and sex differences in each FF dimension. A pool of 2398 individuals (1128 men; 1270 women) aged 60–98 years were recruited from urban communities of Nanjing, China. FF was measured using the Senior Fitness Test battery. FF norms were established for men and women in 5-year age intervals using five percentiles (10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th). Significant degradations in FF were correlated with increases in age. Around half of test items in 75–79 years group (3 for men; 4 for women) and over half in 80–84 years group (5 for men; 4 for women) exhibited significant decreases in FF compared with the adjacent younger group, indicating that ages of 75 and 80 years are two potential turning points in FF declines. Significant differences existed between the overall FF of men and women; women outperformed men in flexibility and men outperformed women in upper body strength, agility/dynamic balance, and aerobic endurance. Significant age and sex effects occurred in each fitness dimension, which helps individualised program design and promotes an active lifestyle in older adults.

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“…A broader study might emphasize similarities and differences among the neighborhoods differing from location, socio-economic conditions, and share of old people. Moreover, further empirical research might explore whether and how well-preserved mobility might improve ageing life satisfaction through three key dimensions of the EU Active Ageing Index: health conditions, independence, and social connectedness (see Pantelaki et al, 2020). goes to the older adults who took part in the study, and to Mina Akhavan, Aleid Brouwer and Fulvia Pinto who collaborated to the case of Milan.…”

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“…The studies focusing on older adults' mobility mainly belong to health, economic and social sciences, and general sciences, with a prevalence of the first branch of discipline . Pantelaki et al (2020) investigated how mobility can favour a healthy, independent, and socially connected living (three key dimensions of the EU Active Ageing Index), thus increasing older adults' well-being, through a multidisciplinary systematic review and found that well preserved mobility could improve ageing life satisfaction.…”

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Is Local Public Transport unsuitable for elderly? Exploring the cases of two Italian cities

Mariotti

Burlando

Landi

2021

Research in Transportation Business & Management

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Mobility impact and well-being in later life: A multidisciplinary systematic review

Cited by 40 publications

References 113 publications

Cycling in the Era of COVID-19: Lessons Learnt and Best Practice Policy Recommendations for a More Bike-Centric Future

Cycling in the Era of COVID-19: Lessons Learnt and Best Practice Policy Recommendations for a More Bike-Centric Future

Functional fitness norms and trends of community-dwelling older adults in urban China

Is Local Public Transport unsuitable for elderly? Exploring the cases of two Italian cities

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