A Review of Field Experiments on the Effect of Forest Bathing on Anxiety and Heart Rate Variability

Many studies have explored the physiological and psychological benefits of the Japanese nature therapy practice of “shinrin-yoku,” known in the West as forest bathing. This review article has narrowed its focus to include the most recent literature about the beneficial effects of forest bathing on h...

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Autores principales: Farrow, Marc R, Washburn, Kyle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6540467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31192052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2164956119848654
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spelling pubmed-65404672019-06-12 A Review of Field Experiments on the Effect of Forest Bathing on Anxiety and Heart Rate Variability Farrow, Marc R Washburn, Kyle Glob Adv Health Med Original Article Many studies have explored the physiological and psychological benefits of the Japanese nature therapy practice of “shinrin-yoku,” known in the West as forest bathing. This review article has narrowed its focus to include the most recent literature about the beneficial effects of forest bathing on heart rate variability, expressed as an increase in InHF, indicating activation of the parasympathetic nervous system and also its effect on reducing anxiety. SAGE Publications 2019-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6540467/ /pubmed/31192052 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2164956119848654 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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