Effect of forest walking on autonomic nervous system activity in middle-aged hypertensive individuals: a pilot study.
Effect of forest walking on autonomic nervous system activity in middle-aged hypertensive individuals: a pilot study.
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph120302687
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发表时间：
2015-03-02
影响因子：
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通讯作者：
Miyazaki Y
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文献类型：
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作者：
Song C;Ikei H;Kobayashi M;Miura T;Taue M;Kagawa T;Li Q;Kumeda S;Imai M;Miyazaki Y
人们越来越关注森林环境的治疗作用。然而，缺乏以证据为基础的研究，阐明了森林环境对高血压个体的生理影响。这项研究提供了科学证据，表明短暂的森林散步会影响中年高血压患者的自主神经系统活动。20名参与者（58.0 ± 10.6岁）被指示在森林和城市环境中行走预定的路线（作为对照）。在森林和城市环境中，课程长度（17分钟步行），步行速度和能量消耗是相等的，以澄清每个环境的影响。心率变异性（HRV）和心率被用来量化生理反应。心理反应采用改良语义差异法和心境状态量表。当参与者在森林中行走时，HRV高频分量的自然对数显著高于在城市环境中行走时的心率，心率显著低于在森林中行走时的心率。问卷调查结果表明，与城市环境相比，森林中行走增加了“舒适”、“放松”、“自然”和“活力”感受，降低了“紧张-焦虑”、“抑郁”、“焦虑-敌对”、“疲劳”和“困惑”感受。在森林中短暂散步对中年高血压患者产生了生理和心理上的放松作用。
There has been increasing attention on the therapeutic effects of the forest environment. However, evidence-based research that clarifies the physiological effects of the forest environment on hypertensive individuals is lacking. This study provides scientific evidence suggesting that a brief forest walk affects autonomic nervous system activity in middle-aged hypertensive individuals. Twenty participants (58.0 ± 10.6 years) were instructed to walk predetermined courses in forest and urban environments (as control). Course length (17-min walk), walking speed, and energy expenditure were equal between the forest and urban environments to clarify the effects of each environment. Heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate were used to quantify physiological responses. The modified semantic differential method and Profile of Mood States were used to determine psychological responses. The natural logarithm of the high-frequency component of HRV was significantly higher and heart rate was significantly lower when participants walked in the forest than when they walked in the urban environment. The questionnaire results indicated that, compared with the urban environment, walking in the forest increased “comfortable”, “relaxed”, “natural” and “vigorous” feelings and decreased “tension-anxiety,” “depression,” “anxiety-hostility,” “fatigue” and “confusion”. A brief walk in the forest elicited physiological and psychological relaxation effects on middle-aged hypertensive individuals.
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影响因子：
5.2
作者：
Morita, E.;Fukuda, S.;Shirakawa, T.
通讯作者：
Shirakawa, T.
影响因子：
56.9
作者：
Murray, CJL;Lopez, AD
通讯作者：
Lopez, AD
DOI：
10.1155/2014/834360
发表时间：
2014
期刊：
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
影响因子：
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作者：
Lee J;Tsunetsugu Y;Takayama N;Park BJ;Li Q;Song C;Komatsu M;Ikei H;Tyrväinen L;Kagawa T;Miyazaki Y
通讯作者：
Miyazaki Y
影响因子：
2.7
作者：
Kim W;Lim SK;Chung EJ;Woo JM
通讯作者：
Woo JM
影响因子：
3.1
作者：
Kobayashi H;Park BJ;Miyazaki Y
通讯作者：
Miyazaki Y