Traditional Korean Medicine-Based Forest Therapy Programs Providing Electrophysiological Benefits for Elderly Individuals
| Autor: | Wonseok Cha, Jong-Yeon Shin, Chang-Seob Shin, Jeong Hwan Park, Youngsuwn Lim, Jiyune Yi, Boncho Ku, Jungmi Choi, Kahye Kim, Jin-Gun Kim, Byunghoon Kang, Sookja Jeon, Seul Gee Kim, Jaeuk U. Kim, Taegyu Khil, Ah Young Jeong, Minja Shin, Won-Sop Shin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Sasang constitutional medicine
Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject HRV lcsh:Medicine Walking Electroencephalography Health benefits Forests Breathing Exercises Article Health problems Neural activity Heart Rate breathing program bioimpedance Republic of Korea medicine Heart rate variability Dementia Humans Meditation EEG media_common cognitive impairment Aged Aged 80 and over medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry forest therapy lcsh:R Traditional Korean medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease walking program electrophysiology Medicine Korean Traditional Electrophysiological Phenomena Physical therapy Female business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 16 Issue 22 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 22, p 4325 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| Popis: | We aimed to develop forest therapy programs (FTPs) to prevent dementia and related health problems in the elderly population, with the assumption that health benefits are FTP-type specific and depend on the participant&rsquo s psychophysiological traits. For this purpose, we developed two distinct FTPs, namely, a guided-breathing meditation program (BP) and a walking program (WP) we adopted the approach of Sasang constitutional (SC) medicine, which categorizes individuals into one of three SC types (SC1, SC2, or SC3) for medical care. The FTPs ran 11 sessions over 11 weeks. We recruited 29/31/28 participants who were 65 years of age or older for the BP/WP/control groups, respectively obtained electrophysiological measurements via electroencephalogram (EEG), heart rate variability (HRV), and bioimpedance and analyzed the intervention effects with analysis of covariance. Compared with the control, the BP and WP resulted in benefits for neural activity and parasympathetic nervous activity (PNA), respectively, and both FTPs yielded distinct beneficial effects on bioimpedance. Constitution-specific effects were also present. The SC1- and SC2-type participants gained positive effects in neural activity from the BP and WP, respectively. The SC3-type participants showed improvements in PNA from the WP. In conclusion, for older individuals, both programs conferred health benefits that would help prevent dementia, and the benefits were program-specific and constitution-specific. |
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