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Effects of Kneipp therapy on HRV: the First Preliminary Validation in Forest Environment

크나이프 요법이 HRV에 미치는 효과: 산림 환경에서 적용한 최초의 예비적 검증

  • Received : 2022.02.02
  • Accepted : 2022.03.10
  • Published : 2022.03.31
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Abstract

Background: A validation study is needed to make domestic applications of German Kneipp therapy. Purpose: The study aims to test the effect of a Kneipp therapeutic program in a domestic forest environment on the autonomic nervous system. Methods: The program was made considering the 4 key elements ('exercise', 'regulative therapy', 'nutrition', and 'phytotherapy') of the Kneipp therapy. Total 3 sessions (once a week for 5 hours in each session) were performed to 40 domestic adults divided into four groups (10 in each group). HRV was measured on the subjects before and after the intervention, and its 6 characteristic parameters (TP, VLF, LF, HF, LF/HF, CSI: Cumulative Stress Index) were compared for statistical analysis. Results: For 33 subjects excluding 7 who were disturbed by interrupt factors during measurements, significant improvements after the intervention, were observed in TP(8.64%, p < ..001), VLF(6.96%, p < .05), LF(15.86%, p < .001), HF(8.46%, p < .01), LF/HF(5.77%, p < .05) and CSI(-16.06%, p < ..001). Conclusions: The Kneipp therapy performed in the forest environment was shown to activate the autonomic nervous system and in particular the sympathetic and parasympatheric nervous to promote heart activity, and was also shown to most significantly reduce cumulative stress. The present observations would be the first preliminary evidence that the Kneipp therapeutic interventation in a domestic forest environment results in positive responses of the autonomic nervous system including stress relief.

배경: 독일 크나이프 요법을 국내에서 적용하기 위해 검증 연구가 필요하다. 목적: 국내산림 환경에서 적용한 크나이프 요법이자율신경계에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위함이다. 방법: 크나이프 요법 중 4가지 요소('움직임', '삶의 질서', '음식섭취', '치유식물')를 고려한 중재 프로그램을 구성하여, 성인 40명을 10명씩네그룹으로나눠 3회(주1회, 5시간씩) 적용했다. 중재 전과 후에 맥파측정기(uBioMacpa)를 이용하여 HRV(TP, VLF, LF, HF, LF/HF, CSI: Cumulative Stress Index)를 측정하고 비교 분석했다. 결과: 잡파 혼입이 있는 7명의 데이터를 제외한 33명의 자료를 분석한 결과, 프로그램 중재 후 연구대상자의 TP(8.64%, p < .001), VLF(6.96%, p < .05), LF(15.86%, p < .001), HF(8.46%, p < .01), LF/HF(5.77%, p < .05)는유의하게증가하였고, CSI는 유의하게 감소하였다(16.06% p < .001). 결론:국내 산림 환경에서 적용한 크나이프 요법은 자율신경계를 전체적으로 활성화하고, 교감과 부교감신경의 활성도를 높여 심장활동을 촉진시키며, 누적스트레스를 감소시켜 주었다. 본 연구의 결과는 크나이프 요법이 국내 산림 환경에서 치유 프로그램으로 활용되어 스트레스 해소를 포함한 자율 신경계의 긍정적인 효과를 제시한 초기적인 최초의 증거라 할 수 있다.

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이 논문은 2022학년도 제주대학교 교육·연구 및 학생지도비 지원에 의해서 연구되었음.

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