Women's strategies for handling chronic muscle pain: A qualitative study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-48

  Steihaug, Sissel ^a,b  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Family practice; Mind body relations; Myofascial pain syndromes; Qualitative research; Women's groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MUSCLE TRAINING; MYALGIA; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY AND RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847202866     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430601016944     Document Type: Article

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