Studies on the Evaluation of Recreational Functions of Forests (Ⅰ) : The Effect of Different Environments on the Increase of Heart Rate and the Heart Rate of Recovery

In order to investigate the influence of different enviroments on human physiological functions, we tried an experiment with a bicycle ergometer. The heart rate (HR) of the subjects was measured as a physiological indicator at five different stages of exertion. Through the examination of the increasing HR and HR of recovery we found that there were significant enviromental differences,and that the natural environments such as the forest or seaside had a less increased HR in the movement and a higher HR of recovery at a state of rest than places such as inside room or on campus