Relaxation treatment of adolescent headache sufferers: Results from a school-based replication series

Headache

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 692-704

  Larsson, Bo ^a,b   Carlsson, Jane ^a,c   Fichtel, Åsa ^a,d   Melin, Lennart ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attention control; Migraine; Relaxation; Self monitoring; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF MONITORING; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SCHOOL NURSING; SCHOOLS; SWEDEN; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 20444378840     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2005.05138.x     Document Type: Article

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