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Physical and Emotional Benefits of Different Exercise Environments Designed for Treadmill Running
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.14(7), p.752
11/07/2017
PMCID: PMC5551190
PMID: 28696384
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Abstract
(1) Background: Green physical activity promotes physical health and mental wellbeing and interesting questions concern effects of this information on designing indoor exercise environments. This study examined the physical and emotional effects of different nature-based environments designed for indoor treadmill running; (2) Methods: In a counterbalanced experimental design, 30 participants performed three, twenty-minute treadmill runs at a self-selected pace while viewing either a static nature image, a dynamic nature image or self-selected entertainment. Distance ran, heart rate (HR) and five pre-and post-exercise emotional states were measured; (3) Results: Participants ran farther, and with higher HRs, with self-selected entertainment compared to the two nature-based environment designs. Participants attained lowered anger, dejection, anxiety and increased excitement post exercise in all of the designed environments. Happiness increased during the two nature-based environment designs compared with self-selected entertainment; (4) Conclusions: Self-selected entertainment encouraged greater physical performances whereas running in nature-based exercise environments elicited greater happiness immediately after running.
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- Title
- Physical and Emotional Benefits of Different Exercise Environments Designed for Treadmill Running
- Creators
- Hsiao-Pu Yeh - Centre for Sports Engineering Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2BP, UK. H.yeh@shu.ac.ukJoseph A Stone - Academy of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2BP, UK. hwbjs9@exchange.shu.ac.ukSarah M Churchill - Academy of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2BP, UK. hwbsc3@exchange.shu.ac.ukEric Brymer - Institute of Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS1 3HE, UK. E.Brymer@leedsbeckett.ac.ukKeith Davids - Centre for Sports Engineering Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2BP, UK. hwbkd@exchange.shu.ac.uk
- Publication Details
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.14(7), p.752
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Identifiers
- 991012951098402368
- Copyright
- © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; Human Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article