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The Effects of Forest Walking on Physical and Mental Health Based on Exercise Prescription
This study aimed to verify the effects of prescribed personalized forest walking by considering individuals’ characteristics. To prescribe individualized exercise programs, we developed an algorithm to calculate exercise intensity based on each participant’s age, regular exercise, fatigue level, and chronic disease type, if any. To investigate the effects of forest walking on physical and mental health based on exercise prescription, we recruited 59 participants (average age: 39.1 ± 19.0 years old) aged 18 years or older. Physiological and psychological responses were compared before and after walking in the forest. Systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, percent body fat, negative affect, and emotional exhaustion significantly decreased, while the pulse rate significantly increased following the forest walking. Additionally, we investigated the effects of exercise relative to successfully maintaining one’s target heart rate and found that these effects were even greater when success score of maintaining the target heart rate while walking improved. Comparison of the groups relative to successfully achieving the target heart rate indicated that the high-achievement group had significant reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body fat mass, percent body fat, negative affect, and emotional exhaustion, and a significant increase in pulse rate. However, the low-achievement group only showed a significant reduction in emotional exhaustion. This study showed that prescribed forest walking has a positive impact on human health and is expected to have a positive effect on the motivation to start and continue exercising.
The Effects of Forest Walking on Physical and Mental Health Based on Exercise Prescription
This study aimed to verify the effects of prescribed personalized forest walking by considering individuals’ characteristics. To prescribe individualized exercise programs, we developed an algorithm to calculate exercise intensity based on each participant’s age, regular exercise, fatigue level, and chronic disease type, if any. To investigate the effects of forest walking on physical and mental health based on exercise prescription, we recruited 59 participants (average age: 39.1 ± 19.0 years old) aged 18 years or older. Physiological and psychological responses were compared before and after walking in the forest. Systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, percent body fat, negative affect, and emotional exhaustion significantly decreased, while the pulse rate significantly increased following the forest walking. Additionally, we investigated the effects of exercise relative to successfully maintaining one’s target heart rate and found that these effects were even greater when success score of maintaining the target heart rate while walking improved. Comparison of the groups relative to successfully achieving the target heart rate indicated that the high-achievement group had significant reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body fat mass, percent body fat, negative affect, and emotional exhaustion, and a significant increase in pulse rate. However, the low-achievement group only showed a significant reduction in emotional exhaustion. This study showed that prescribed forest walking has a positive impact on human health and is expected to have a positive effect on the motivation to start and continue exercising.
The Effects of Forest Walking on Physical and Mental Health Based on Exercise Prescription
Choyun Kim (Autor:in) / Juhyeon Kim (Autor:in) / Injoon Song (Autor:in) / Yunjeong Yi (Autor:in) / Bum-Jin Park (Autor:in) / Chorong Song (Autor:in)
2023
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