Influence of forest therapy on cardiovascular relaxation in young adults

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lee, Juyoung ^a   Tsunetsugu, Yuko ^b   Takayama, Norimasa ^b   Park, Bum Jin ^c   Li, Qing ^d   Song, Chorong ^e   Komatsu, Misako ^e   Ikei, Harumi ^e   Tyrväinen, Liisa ^f   Kagawa, Takahide ^b   Miyazaki, Yoshifumi ^e  

^a Korea Forest Service   (South Korea)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOREST THERAPY; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; URBAN AREA; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896307503     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/834360     Document Type: Article

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