Physiological effects of Shinrin-yoku (taking in the atmosphere of the forest) in an old-growth broadleaf forest in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-142

  Tsunetsugu, Yuko ^a,d   Park, Bum Jin ^b   Ishii, Hideki ^b   Hirano, Hideki ^c   Kagawa, Takahide ^a   Miyazaki, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Ministry of the Environment Finland   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Natural environment; Relaxation; Salivary cortisol; Therapeutic effect of forest

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSE RATE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SALIVA; STRESS; TREE; WALKING;

ADULT; ATMOSPHERE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; JAPAN; MALE; PULSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SALIVA; STRESS; TREES; WALKING;

EID: 34248523321     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.26.135     Document Type: Article

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