Patterns of mind-body therapies in adults with common neurological conditions

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-51

  Erwin Wells, Rebecca ^a   Phillips, Russell S ^a   McCarthy, Ellen P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Dementia; Epidemiology; Headache; Memory impairment; Migraine; Mind body therapies; Seizures; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREATHING EXERCISE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SEIZURE; STROKE; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOGA;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; STROKE;

EID: 78650671890     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322949     Document Type: Article

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