A Randomized Crossover Trial on Acute Stress-Related Physiological Responses to Mountain Hiking.

ABSTRACT: Green exercise, defined as physical activity in natural environments, might have positive effects on stress-related physiological measures. Little is known about the acute effects of green exercise bouts lasting longer than 60 min. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to analyze the acute effects of a three-hour green exercise intervention (mountain hiking) on stress-related physiological responses. Using a randomized crossover design, 42 healthy participants were exposed to three different conditions in a field-based experiment: outdoor mountain hiking, indoor treadmill walking, and sedentary control condition (three hours each). At baseline and at follow-up (five minutes after the condition), stress-related physiological responses (salivary cortisol, blood pressure, and heart rate

SUBMITTER: Niedermeier M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5580608 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature