Anthroposophic therapy for children with chronic disease: A two-year prospective cohort study in routine outpatient settings

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hamre, Harald J ^a   Witt, Claudia M ^b   Kienle, Gunver S ^a   Meinecke, Christoph ^c   Glockmann, Anja ^a   Willich, Stefan N ^b   Kiene, Helmut ^a  

^a Institut fur angewandte Erkenntnistheorie und medizinische Methodologie e V   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Research Institute Havelhöhe FIH Havelhöhe Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; EURYTHMY THERAPY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHYTHMICAL MASSAGE THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; FEMALE; INFANT; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MASSAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ART THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASSAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67949123283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-39     Document Type: Article

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