ArticleJournal of physical therapy science2015
An effective strategy to reduce blood pressure after forest walking in middle-aged and aged people.
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- Benefits of forest therapy for adult mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on the Profile of Mood States (POMS).Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- How Should Forests Be Characterized in Regard to Human Health? Evidence from Existing Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Medical empirical research on forest bathing (Shinrin-yoku): a systematic review.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of intermittent exercise during prolonged sitting on executive function, cerebrovascular, and psychological response: a randomized crossover trial.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2023Trial
- The differential effects of dynamic, static, and combined activities in forest bathing on health outcomes by gender in older adults: evidence from a national forest park trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Effects of forest bathing (Shinrin-yoku) in stressed people.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Effects of Linpan nature therapy on health benefits in older women with and without hypertension.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Assessing the Effects of Nature on Physiological States Using Wearable Technologies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Forest Bathing Always Makes Sense: Blood Pressure-Lowering and Immune System-Balancing Effects in Late Spring and Winter in Central Europe.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Effects of forest bathing on pre-hypertensive and hypertensive adults: a review of the literature.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2020Review
- Ground golf-induced changes in the blood pressure of healthy elderly people.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2020Article
- Association between active commuting and elevated blood pressure in adolescents.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil)Article
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Abstract
[Purpose] Forest walking may be effective for human health, but little information is available about effects of energy expenditure on blood pressure responses after forest walking. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the activity energy expenditure and changes in blood pressure in individuals after forest walking. [Subjects] The subjects were 54 middle-aged and elderly people. [Methods] All subjects walked in the forest for approximately 90 min. Blood pressure, salivary amylase, and the Profile of Mood States were evaluated before and after forest walking, and activity energy expenditure was monitored throughout forest walking. Subjects were divided into two groups according to mean arterial pressure changes: a responder group (>5% decreases) and a nonresponder group (<5%). [Results] Forest walking significantly reduced the mean arterial pressure and improved the Profile of Mood States in both groups. Activity energy expenditure was related to changes in mean arterial pressure in the responder group, while this relation was not observed in the nonresponder group. Differential activity energy expenditure did not strongly affect improvement of the Profile of Mood States. [Conclusion] Greater walking-related greater activity energy expenditure might be required to accentuate physiological beneficial effects on in middle-aged and aged people. Furthermore, the forest environment per se can attenuate psychological stress.
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