Yoga for Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer: Results from a Pilot Study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 331-341

  Carson, James W ^a   Carson, Kimberly M ^a   Porter, Laura S ^a   Keefe, Francis J ^a   Shaw, Heather ^a   Miller, Julie M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

fatigue; meditation; Metastatic breast cancer; pain; yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST CANCER; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RECURRENCE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MEDITATION; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; YOGA;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PILOT PROJECTS; YOGA;

EID: 33847416259     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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