A randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of craniosacral therapy on pain and heart rate variability in fibromyalgia patients

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-35

  Castro Sánchez, Adelaida María ^a   Matarán Peñarrocha, Guillermo A ^b   Sánchez Labraca, Nuria ^a   Quesada Rubio, José Manuel ^c   Granero Molina, José ^a   Moreno Lorenzo, Carmen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b Andalusian Health Service   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650461705     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215510375909     Document Type: Article

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