Horticultural therapy

2 papers4 findings

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.

Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.

On aging: the drug’s trials ARN judged to be about aging, of every trial that tests it for any use.

No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

1 lab in 1 country

Funder: National Science and Technology Council

Human trial2

Outcomes

Skeletal muscle mass

upin humans1

1 study

Horticultural therapy increases skeletal muscle mass in humans.
“Improvements were also noted in handgrip strength, total body, upper, and lower limb muscle mass.”
Human trial12 weeksfemalesn = 20
Structured Horticultural Therapy Enhances Muscle Strength and Mass in Aging Women at Risk of Sarcopenia
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians28 Mar 2026

Handgrip strength

upin humans1

1 study

Horticultural therapy improves handgrip strength in humans.
“Improvements were also noted in handgrip strength, total body, upper, and lower limb muscle mass.”
Human trial12 weeksfemalesn = 20
Structured Horticultural Therapy Enhances Muscle Strength and Mass in Aging Women at Risk of Sarcopenia
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians28 Mar 2026

Right leg EMG activity

upin humans1

1 study

Horticultural therapy improves right leg EMG activity in humans (+39.3%, p = 0.008).
“Right leg EMG improved by 39.3% (p = 0.008, Δ = 39.0)”
Human trial12 weeksfemalesn = 20
Structured Horticultural Therapy Enhances Muscle Strength and Mass in Aging Women at Risk of Sarcopenia
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians28 Mar 2026