Risky bicycling behavior among youth with and without attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Injury risk from car-bicycle collisions is particularly high among youth with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Here, we capitalized on advances in virtual environment technology to safely and systematically examine road-crossing behavior among child cyclists with and without ADHD.

Methods

Sixty-three youth (26 with ADHD, 37 non-ADHD controls) ages 10-14 years crossed 12 intersections with continuous cross-traffic while riding a high-fidelity bicycling simulator. Traffic density (i.e., temporal gaps between vehicles) was manipulated to examine the impact of varying traffic density on behavioral indices of road crossing, including gap selection, timing of entry into the roadway, time to spare when exiting the roadway, and close calls with oncoming ca

SUBMITTER: Nikolas MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8771970 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature