Physiological and psychological effects of a walk in Urban parks in fall

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 14216-14228

  Song, Chorong ^a   Ikei, Harumi ^a,b   Igarashi, Miho ^a   Takagaki, Michiko ^a   Miyazaki, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Profile of mood states; Relaxation; State trait anxiety inventory; Urban green space

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COMFORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NATIONAL PARK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; URBAN AREA; WALKING; AFFECT; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; LEISURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATIONAL PARK; SEASON; YOUNG ADULT;

AFFECT; ANXIETY; CITIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; RELAXATION; SEASONS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946911068     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121114216     Document Type: Article

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