Forest Walking Affects Autonomic Nervous Activity: A Population-Based Study

Forest Walking Affects Autonomic Nervous Activity: A Population-Based Study

The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of walking in forest environments on autonomic nervous activity with special reference to its distribution characteristics. Heart rate variability (HRV) of 485 male participants while walking for ~15 min in a forest and an urban area was analyzed. The e...

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Main Authors: Hiromitsu Kobayashi, Chorong Song, Harumi Ikei, Bum-Jin Park, Juyoung Lee, Takahide Kagawa, Yoshifumi Miyazaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
forest therapy
walking
heart rate variability (HRV)
skewness
kurtosis
population approach
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00278/full

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