A systematic review of the therapeutic effects of Reiki

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1157-1169

  Vandervaart, Sondra ^a,b   Gijsen, Violette M G J ^b   De Wildt, Saskia N ^b,c   Koren, Gideon ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OPIATE; PLACEBO;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; REIKI; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450186711     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0036     Document Type: Review

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