ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Forest Bathing Always Makes Sense: Blood Pressure-Lowering and Immune System-Balancing Effects in Late Spring and Winter in Central Europe.
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- Short-term cardiovascular and mental health responses to Shinrin-Yoku (forest bathing): a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- What Activities in Forests Are Beneficial for Human Health? A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Is altitude a determinant of the health benefits of nature exposure? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Spending Time in the Forest or the Field: Investigations on Stress Perception and Psychological Well-Being-A Randomized Cross-Over Trial in Highly Sensitive Persons.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Forest Bathing (Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Revisiting therapeutic landscapes in the spa context: toward a multisensory, evidence-based framework for healing environments.International journal of biometeorology · 2026Review
- How 'forest bathing' keeps lungs healthy.Nature · 2026Article
- Nature's heart: a scoping review of the impact of nature-based interventions for cardiovascular and metabolic disease.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Promoting Healthy Organizations Through Urban Nature: Psychological and Physiological Effects in Healthcare Workers.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Effects of Forest Environments in Attenuating D-Galactose-Induced Immunosenescence: Insights from a Murine Model.Biology · 2025Article
- The impact of psychological factors on hypertension and its psychological intervention in pilot selection candidates.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- 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
- How Does the Experience of Forest Recreation Spaces in Different Seasons Affect the Physical and Mental Recovery of Users?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Spending time in the forest or the field: qualitative semi-structured interviews in a randomized controlled cross-over trial with highly sensitive persons.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- An eye-tracking study on visual perception of vegetation permeability in virtual reality forest exposure.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- COVID-19: Reducing the risk via diet and lifestyle.Journal of integrative medicine · 2023Review
- Forest Bathing Is Better than Walking in Urban Park: Comparison of Cardiac and Vascular Function between Urban and Forest Parks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Observational
- Mapping of Research in the Field of Forest Therapy-Related Issues: A Bibliometric Analysis for 2007-2021.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Pleistocene Hypothesis - Moving Savanna Perceptual Preference Hypothesis Beyond Savanna.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Various formats of forest bathing have been receiving increasing attention owing to their perspectives in health promotion and the treatment of chronic lifestyle diseases. The majority of field studies are still being conducted in the Far Eastern region, and they often make psychological assessments mainly in the green season. In our pretest-posttest field experiment, twelve healthy, working-age volunteers participated in a 2-h leisurely forest walking program, first in the green season (May) and then in the winter season (January), in the Mecsek Hills, next to Pécs, Hungary. Systolic blood pressure decreased after the trips both in late spring and in the winter. Based on changes in the expressions of CD69, an early activation marker, NKG2D, a major recognition receptor, perforin, granzyme B, and TIM-3, an inhibitory immune checkpoint molecule, on CD8+ cytotoxic T, NK, NK
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