Effects of Visual Stimulation with Bonsai Trees on Adult Male Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

Nature therapy has been demonstrated to induce physiological relaxation. The psychophysiological effects of nature therapy (stimulation with bonsai trees) on adult male patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) were examined. Oxyhemoglobin concentration changes in the prefrontal cortex were measured us...

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Autores principales: Ochiai, Hiroko, Song, Chorong, Ikei, Harumi, Imai, Michiko, Miyazaki, Yoshifumi
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Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28872600
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091017
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author Ochiai, Hiroko
Song, Chorong
Ikei, Harumi
Imai, Michiko
Miyazaki, Yoshifumi
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description Nature therapy has been demonstrated to induce physiological relaxation. The psychophysiological effects of nature therapy (stimulation with bonsai trees) on adult male patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) were examined. Oxyhemoglobin concentration changes in the prefrontal cortex were measured using near-infrared spectroscopy, and heart rate variability was analyzed. Psychological responses were evaluated using the modified semantic differential method and Profile of Mood States (POMS) subscale scores. Visual stimulation of adult male patients with SCI elicited significantly decreased left prefrontal cortex activity, increased parasympathetic nervous activity, decreased sympathetic nervous activity, increased positive feelings, and resulted in lower negative POMS subscale scores. Nature therapy can lead to a state of physiological and psychological relaxation in patients with SCI.
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spelling pubmed-56155542017-09-30 Effects of Visual Stimulation with Bonsai Trees on Adult Male Patients with Spinal Cord Injury Ochiai, Hiroko Song, Chorong Ikei, Harumi Imai, Michiko Miyazaki, Yoshifumi Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Nature therapy has been demonstrated to induce physiological relaxation. The psychophysiological effects of nature therapy (stimulation with bonsai trees) on adult male patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) were examined. Oxyhemoglobin concentration changes in the prefrontal cortex were measured using near-infrared spectroscopy, and heart rate variability was analyzed. Psychological responses were evaluated using the modified semantic differential method and Profile of Mood States (POMS) subscale scores. Visual stimulation of adult male patients with SCI elicited significantly decreased left prefrontal cortex activity, increased parasympathetic nervous activity, decreased sympathetic nervous activity, increased positive feelings, and resulted in lower negative POMS subscale scores. Nature therapy can lead to a state of physiological and psychological relaxation in patients with SCI. MDPI 2017-09-05 2017-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5615554/ /pubmed/28872600 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091017 Text en © 2017 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 (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Effects of Visual Stimulation with Bonsai Trees on Adult Male Patients with Spinal Cord Injury
title_sort effects of visual stimulation with bonsai trees on adult male patients with spinal cord injury
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615554/
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