Qigong for schoolchildren: A pilot study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-47

  Witt, Claudia ^a   Becker, Matthias ^a   Bandelin, Karin ^a   Soellner, Renate ^b   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BEHAVIOR; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QIGONG; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BREATHING EXERCISES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14744269026     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.41     Document Type: Review

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