Outcomes of a mind-body treatment program for chronic back pain with no distinct structural pathology - A case series of patients diagnosed and treated as tension myositis syndrome

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 26-35

  Schechter, David ^a   Smith, Arthur Preston ^b   Beck, Jennifer ^c   Roach, Janine ^d   Karim, Roksana ^e   Azen, Stanley ^f  

^a Seligman Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Seligman Medical Institute

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e USC Keck School of Medicine ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOSITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAND SHORT FORM 12; SCORING SYSTEM; TENSION MYOSITIS SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); MYOSITIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; SPIRITUALITY; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449101028     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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