Developing a qigong intervention and an exercise therapy for elderly patients with chronic neck pain and the study protocol

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 195-202

  Wiedemann, Anna Maria ^a   Von Trott, Philipp ^a   Lüdtke, Rainer ^b   Reißhauer, Anett ^a   Willich, Stefan N ^a   Witt, Claudia M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Karl und Veronica Carstens Stiftung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Exercise therapy; Neck pain; Qigong; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GENERAL DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECK PAIN; NECK PAIN AND DISABILITY SCALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QIGONG; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SITTING; THERAPY EFFECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BREATHING EXERCISES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 51849113258     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000148211     Document Type: Article

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