Effect of Exercise in a Desert Environment on Physiological and Subjective Measures

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-26-2019

Publication Title

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

First page number:

1

Last page number:

11

Abstract

Green exercise is beneficial to emotional and physiological measures, however, the US has large desert areas. We aimed to determine if exercise in a desert (brown) environment extends similar benefits to green. Participants (N = 10) completed baseline measures (PRE), 30-min seated rest (SIT), and 30-min self-paced walking (WALK) in: indoor, outdoor urban, green, and two brown environments. Heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), and measures of stress, comfort, and calm were obtained. After SIT, HR was elevated in urban vs green (p = 0.05). Systolic BP was lower after SIT compared to PRE and WALK (p = 0.05). Brown and green returned greater comfort and calm scores (p = 0.001). Stress was lower following WALK than PRE and SIT (p...) (see full abstract in article).

Keywords

Green exercise; Cardiovascular responses; Comfort and calm responses; Perceived stress

Disciplines

Exercise Science

Language

English

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