ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2015
Analysis of Individual Variations in Autonomic Responses to Urban and Forest Environments.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Physiological Benefits of Viewing Nature: A Systematic Review of Indoor Experiments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Physiological and Psychological Responses of Viewing a Waterfall Image: A Crossover Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Assessing the Effects of Nature on Physiological States Using Wearable Technologies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Ethnic Differences in Environmental Restoration: Arab and Jewish Women in Israel.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Relationship between the Restorative Perception of the Environment and the Physiological and Psychological Effects of Different Types of Forests on University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Urban Trees and Human Health: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Ethnic Differences in Home-Related Maternal Stress: Muslim and Jewish Mothers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- A Review of Field Experiments on the Effect of Forest Bathing on Anxiety and Heart Rate Variability.Global advances in health and medicine · 2019Article
- Combined Effect of Walking and Forest Environment on Salivary Cortisol Concentration.Frontiers in public health · 2019Article
- Window View and the Brain: Effects of Floor Level and Green Cover on the Alpha and Beta Rhythms in a Passive Exposure EEG Experiment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- A comparison of the effects of selected mono-ethnic urban environments on the autonomic functions of Muslim and Jewish women in Israel.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2018Article
- Forest Walking Affects Autonomic Nervous Activity: A Population-Based Study.Frontiers in public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Autonomic responses to urban and forest environments were studied in 625 young male subjects. The experimental sites were 57 forests and 57 urban areas across Japan. The subjects viewed the landscape (forest or urban environment) for a period of 15 min while sitting on a chair. During this period, heart rate variability (HRV) was monitored continuously. The results were presented as histograms and analyzed with special reference to individual variations. Approximately 80% of the subjects showed an increase in the parasympathetic indicator of HRV (lnHF), whereas the remaining subjects showed a decrease in the parasympathetic activity. Similarly, 64.0% of the subjects exhibited decreases in the sympathetic indicator of HRV (ln[LF/HF]), whereas the remaining subjects showed opposite responses. Analysis of the distribution of HRV indices (lnHF and ln[LF/HF]) demonstrated the effect of forest environments on autonomic activity more specifically than the conventional analysis based on the difference in mean values.
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