Computerised biofeedback games: A new method for teaching stress management and its use in irritable bowel syndrome

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 552-556

  Leahy, A ^a   Clayman, C ^a   Mason, I ^a   Lloyd, G ^a   Epstein, O ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION; RELAXATION TRAINING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 0032201021     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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