Brief Report: A pilot study evaluating mindfulness-based stress reduction and massage for the management of chronic pain

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1136-1138

  Plews Ogan, Margaret ^a   Owens, Justine E ^a   Goodman, Matthew ^a   Wolfe, Pamela ^a   Schorling, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Integrative medicine; Massage; Mental health; Mindfulness based stress reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 30944452591     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0247.x     Document Type: Article

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