Status:

COMPLETED

Walking Green: Developing an Evidence-base for Nature Prescriptions

Lead Sponsor:

University of Minnesota

Conditions:

Stress

Attention

Eligibility:

All Genders

35-59 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesize that walking on a nature trail will lead to greater reductions in stress and greater improvements in the capacity to direct attention as compared to walking on a suburban...

Detailed Description

Suburban walks will be mapped out in clean, safe streets with sidewalks within 3 miles of the Arboretum, in Chaska, Minnesota. A loop covering approximately 1.25 miles will be mapped. At a usual walki...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 35 to 59
  • No contraindications to physical activity
  • No major chronic diseases or specific medications that would contraindicate exercise or potentially blunt heart rate variation during exercise

Exclusion

  • Cardiovascular disease medication
  • Arthritis
  • Steroids
  • Certain blood pressure medications
  • Diabetes
  • Cancer
  • Self-reported depression or anxiety / taking medication for depression or anxiety,
  • Outside age range
  • Inability to follow schedule including travel to arboretum
  • Exceeding physical activity recommendations (250 minutes per week)
  • Contraindications to walking

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 14 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

24 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03442998

Start Date

July 14 2017

End Date

April 1 2019

Last Update

November 1 2019

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Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Chaska, Minnesota, United States, 55318