Combined Effect of Walking and Forest Environment on Salivary Cortisol Concentration

• Main Authors: Hiromitsu Kobayashi (Author), Chorong Song (Author), Harumi Ikei (Author), Bum-Jin Park (Author), Takahide Kagawa (Author), Yoshifumi Miyazaki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We investigated the effects of walking in a forest environment on salivary cortisol concentrations. Seventy-four young male participants walked for 15 min in forested and urban environments, and saliva was collected before and after walking. Our previous study reported salivary cortisol concentratio...