Participants
unsteadiness
RECRUITMENT
Recruitment of study participants took place in the area Nürnberg-Fürth-Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany between June 2020 and April 2022 via advertisement in the local media (e.g. radio, newspaper, brochures) and by using a database of the IBA. The study sample consists of 127 community-dwelling persons aged 65 and older who are either (1) beginners with the e-bike or (2) feeling self-reported unsteadiness when cycling or (3) uptaking cycling after a longer break. Cyclists without self-reported limitations when cycling or with health conditions that contradict safe participation in the intervention were excluded. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the targeted number of 200 participants based on a conservative power calculation [