Effectiveness of horticultural therapy: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 930-943

  Kamioka, Hiroharu ^a   Tsutani, Kiichiro ^b   Yamada, Minoru ^c   Park, Hyuntae ^d   Okuizumi, Hiroyasu ^e   Honda, Takuya ^f   Okada, Shinpei ^g   Park, Sang Jun ^g   Kitayuguchi, Jun ^h   Abe, Takafumi ^h   Handa, Shuichi ^e   Mutoh, Yoshiteru ⁱ  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c University of Tsukba   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Mimaki Onsen Clinic   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^g Dong A University   (Japan)

^h Physical Education and Medicine Research Center UNNAN   (Japan)

ⁱ NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Garden therapy; Horticultural therapy; Randomized controlled trial; Rehabilitation effect; Therapeutic horticulture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; HEMIPLEGIA; HORTICULTURAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HORTICULTURAL THERAPY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908128321     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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