Body awareness therapy for patients with fibromyalgia and chronic pain

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 725-728

  Gard, Gunvor ^a,b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body awareness therapy; Chronic pain; Fibromyalgia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY AWARENESS THERAPY; BODY IMAGE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; MASSAGE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF CONCEPT; TRANSFERENCE;

AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTIONS; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 22244486345     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280400009071     Document Type: Article

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