Yoga and fibromyalgia;Ioga e fibromialgia

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-39

  Da Silva, Gerson D'Addio ^a,b,d   Lage, Lais V ^c  

^a USP

^b Yoga pela UniFMU

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Pain; Physical activity; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; YOGA;

EID: 34748856693     PISSN: 04825004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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