Continuing improvement of chronic pelvic pain in women after short-term Mensendieck somatocognitive therapy: results of a 1-year follow-up study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 615.e1-615.e8

  Haugstad, Gro K ^a,d   Haugstad, Tor S ^c   Kirste, Unni M ^b   Leganger, Siv ^a   Wojniusz, Slawomir ^a,d   Klemmetsen, Inger ^d   Malt, Ulrik F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital   (Norway)

^d OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

chronic pelvic pain; general health questionnaire 30; Mensendieck somatocognitive therapy; motor function; visual analog score of pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HUMAN; MENSENDIECK SOMATOCOGNITIVE THERAPY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SITTING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

EID: 57149145439     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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