Acute effects of forest walking on arterial stiffness and pulmonary function in Korean elderly women

The effect of forest walking in autonomic function, atherosclerosis and pulmonary function in elderly people.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0000631

Enrollment

Registered

2013-01-21

Start date

2013-01-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Behavioral : The forest-walking group walked around a forested area in the suburb of Mokpo for 1 hour. As a control the city-walking group walked around the city of Mokpo for 1 hour.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: We enrolled the people aged between 65 and 80 years.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: We excluded participants with a history of chronic liver disease, chronic renal disease, coronary artery occlusive disease, cerebrovascular disease, dementia, and/or cancer.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mean changes in the arterial stffness (Cardio-ankle vascular index);Mean changes in the pulmonary function (FEV1, FEV6)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Mean changes in the blood pressure (systolic and diastolic blood pressure)	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactJee-Yon Lee

Yonsei University Health System, Severance Hospital

Outcome results