Qigong and Exercise Therapy for Elderly Patients With Chronic Neck Pain (QIBANE): A Randomized Controlled Study

Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 501-508

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

^a Institute for Social Medicine   (Germany)

^b Karl und Veronica Carstens Stiftung   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

chinese medicine; exercise therapy; neck pain; Qigong

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QIGONG; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; BREATHING EXERCISES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349249825     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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