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Evidence suggests Walking maydecreaseStress levels.
13 studies (15 claims)
Moderate consensus
Typical effective dose 90 (90–90) %across 1 dosed study
Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| walking outdoors | No effect - evaluate the effect of | response to cold stress test | Human | individuals with coronary artery disease (CAD) during rehabilitation | Not specified | A randomised controlled trial assessing the effects of weather sensitivity profile and walking in nature on the psychophysiological response to stress in individuals with coronary artery disease. A study protocol.cited 2× |
| walking outdoors | No effect - evaluate the effect of | stress level | Human | individuals with coronary artery disease (CAD) during rehabilitation | Not specified | A randomised controlled trial assessing the effects of weather sensitivity profile and walking in nature on the psychophysiological response to stress in individuals with coronary artery disease. A study protocol.cited 2× |
| walking indoors | No effect - evaluate the effect of | response to cold stress test | Human | individuals with coronary artery disease (CAD) during rehabilitation | Not specified | A randomised controlled trial assessing the effects of weather sensitivity profile and walking in nature on the psychophysiological response to stress in individuals with coronary artery disease. A study protocol.cited 2× |
| walking indoors | No effect - evaluate the effect of | stress level | Human | individuals with coronary artery disease (CAD) during rehabilitation | Not specified | A randomised controlled trial assessing the effects of weather sensitivity profile and walking in nature on the psychophysiological response to stress in individuals with coronary artery disease. A study protocol.cited 2× |
| a walking program based on the COM-B Behavior Change Model | Decreases - a significant decrease | stress levels | Human | individuals with epilepsy | Twice weekly for 12 weeks. | The impact of a walking program on self-management, anxiety, stress, depression, quality of life, and seizure frequency in patients with epilepsy: A mixed methods approach using the COM-B behaviour change model.cited 1× |
| walking | Decreases - can be used as an efficient and cost-effective tool to manage | perceived stress | Human | persons who have sustained a TBI | Not specified (pedometer-tracked steps with weekly goals set by a coach). | A home-based walking study to ameliorate perceived stress and depressive symptoms in people with a traumatic brain injury.cited 36× |
| 12-week home-based walking programme | Decreases - decrease | perceived stress | Human | persons with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) | Not specified (pedometer-tracked steps with weekly goals set by a coach). | A home-based walking study to ameliorate perceived stress and depressive symptoms in people with a traumatic brain injury.cited 36× |
| walking intervention | Decreases - significantly improved | perceived stress | Human | participants with a TBI | Not specified (pedometer-tracked steps with weekly goals set by a coach). | A home-based walking study to ameliorate perceived stress and depressive symptoms in people with a traumatic brain injury.cited 36× |
| walking | Decreases - appeared to be effective for | stress | Human | participants post-MSTBI | Not specified | Evidence-Based Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Interventions for Mental Health Management Post-Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.cited 4× |
| forest walking | Decreases - reduction in | stress hormone levels | Human | healthy men aged 40-70 | 90-minute walk (single session) | Randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of forest walking compared to urban walking in enhancing mucosal immunity. |
| forest walking | Increases - improvements | stress levels | Human | healthy and pathological elderly populations (>60 years) | Not specified | Effects of forest walking on physical and mental health in elderly populations: a systematic review.cited 12× |
| walking on a treadmill in a gym | Decreases - clear indications of context effects | physiological stress-reduction | Human | healthy, physically inactive university students | Not specified | Place, green exercise and stress: An exploration of lived experience and restorative effects.cited 25× |
| walking in semi-natural recreational area | Decreases - clear indications of context effects | physiological stress-reduction | Human | healthy, physically inactive university students | Not specified | Place, green exercise and stress: An exploration of lived experience and restorative effects.cited 25× |
| walking for 20 min while viewing a virtual city scene through an HMD (Oculus Rift DK2) | Decreases - decreased | measures of stress | Human | all groups | 20-minute walking session with VR exposure. | Walking in fully immersive virtual environments: an evaluation of potential adverse effects in older adults and individuals with Parkinson's disease.cited 89× |
| education and home-based pedometer walking program | Decreases - demonstrated an inverse association | perceived stress | Human | human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals with risk factors of IHD | Not specified (pedometer-based walking program). | Effects of an education and home-based pedometer walking program on ischemic heart disease risk factors in people infected with HIV: a randomized trial.cited 37× |
| walking and nature-based interventions | Increases - benefits | stress and wellbeing | Human | — | 30-minute walks. | Psychophysiological effects of walking in forests and urban built environments with disparate road traffic noise exposure: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| walking workstations | Decreases - experienced less stress | stress | Human | participants in the walking condition | Not specified | Workout at work: laboratory test of psychological and performance outcomes of active workstations.cited 31× |
| walking control | Decreases - significant reductions in | perceived stress | Human | participants with elevated fasting blood glucose in Bangalore, India | Monitored walking 3-6 days per week. | A yoga intervention for type 2 diabetes risk reduction: a pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 62× |