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The Effect of Green Exercise on Blood Pressure, Heart Rate and Mood State in Primary School Children

The aim of this study was exploratory and sought to examine the effect on blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) and mood state responses in primary school children of moderate intensity cycling whilst viewing a green environment compared to exercise alone. Following ethics approval and parental infor...

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Autores principales: Duncan, Michael J., Clarke, Neil D., Birch, Samantha L., Tallis, Jason, Hankey, Joanne, Bryant, Elizabeth, Eyre, Emma L. J.
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Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4025002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24699030
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110403678
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author Duncan, Michael J.
Clarke, Neil D.
Birch, Samantha L.
Tallis, Jason
Hankey, Joanne
Bryant, Elizabeth
Eyre, Emma L. J.
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Birch, Samantha L.
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Hankey, Joanne
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description The aim of this study was exploratory and sought to examine the effect on blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) and mood state responses in primary school children of moderate intensity cycling whilst viewing a green environment compared to exercise alone. Following ethics approval and parental informed consent, 14 children (seven boys, seven girls, Mean age ± SD = 10 ± 1 years) undertook two, 15 min bouts of cycling at a moderate exercise intensity in a counterbalanced order. In one bout they cycled whilst viewing a film of cycling in a forest setting. In the other condition participants cycled with no visual stimulus. Pre-, immediately post-exercise and 15 min post-exercise, BP, HR and Mood state were assessed. Analysis of variance, indicated significant condition X time interaction for SBP (p = 0.04). Bonferroni post-hoc pairwise comparisons indicated that systolic blood pressure (SBP) 15 min post exercise was significantly lower following green exercise compared to the control condition (p = 0.01). There were no significant differences in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (all p > 0.05). HR immediately post exercise was significantly higher than HR pre exercise irrespective of green exercise or control condition (p = 0.001). Mood scores for fatigue were significantly higher and scores for vigor lower 15 min post exercise irrespective of green exercise or control condition (both p = 0.0001). Gender was not significant in any analyses (p > 0.05). Thus, the present study identifies an augmented post exercise hypotensive effect for children following green exercise compared to exercise alone.
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spelling pubmed-40250022014-05-19 The Effect of Green Exercise on Blood Pressure, Heart Rate and Mood State in Primary School Children Duncan, Michael J. Clarke, Neil D. Birch, Samantha L. Tallis, Jason Hankey, Joanne Bryant, Elizabeth Eyre, Emma L. J. Int J Environ Res Public Health Communication The aim of this study was exploratory and sought to examine the effect on blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) and mood state responses in primary school children of moderate intensity cycling whilst viewing a green environment compared to exercise alone. Following ethics approval and parental informed consent, 14 children (seven boys, seven girls, Mean age ± SD = 10 ± 1 years) undertook two, 15 min bouts of cycling at a moderate exercise intensity in a counterbalanced order. In one bout they cycled whilst viewing a film of cycling in a forest setting. In the other condition participants cycled with no visual stimulus. Pre-, immediately post-exercise and 15 min post-exercise, BP, HR and Mood state were assessed. Analysis of variance, indicated significant condition X time interaction for SBP (p = 0.04). Bonferroni post-hoc pairwise comparisons indicated that systolic blood pressure (SBP) 15 min post exercise was significantly lower following green exercise compared to the control condition (p = 0.01). There were no significant differences in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (all p > 0.05). HR immediately post exercise was significantly higher than HR pre exercise irrespective of green exercise or control condition (p = 0.001). Mood scores for fatigue were significantly higher and scores for vigor lower 15 min post exercise irrespective of green exercise or control condition (both p = 0.0001). Gender was not significant in any analyses (p > 0.05). Thus, the present study identifies an augmented post exercise hypotensive effect for children following green exercise compared to exercise alone. MDPI 2014-04-02 2014-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4025002/ /pubmed/24699030 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110403678 Text en © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Duncan, Michael J.
Clarke, Neil D.
Birch, Samantha L.
Tallis, Jason
Hankey, Joanne
Bryant, Elizabeth
Eyre, Emma L. J.
The Effect of Green Exercise on Blood Pressure, Heart Rate and Mood State in Primary School Children
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title_fullStr The Effect of Green Exercise on Blood Pressure, Heart Rate and Mood State in Primary School Children
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Green Exercise on Blood Pressure, Heart Rate and Mood State in Primary School Children
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title_sort effect of green exercise on blood pressure, heart rate and mood state in primary school children
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4025002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24699030
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110403678
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