Physiotherapy as empowerment - Treating women with chronic pelvic pain

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 125-143

  Mattsson, Monica ^a   Wikman, Marianne ^a   Dahlgren, Lars ^a   Mattsson, Bengt ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body Awareness Scale; Body awareness therapy; Chronic pelvic pain; Focus group research; Goal setting; Physiotherapy; Psychosomatic treatment; Women health

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043054160     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14038190050175808     Document Type: Article

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