Protocol for a randomized controlled study of Iyengar yoga for youth with irritable bowel syndrome

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Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Evans, Subhadra ^a   Cousins, Laura ^a   Tsao, Jennie C I ^a   Sternlieb, Beth ^a   Zeltzer, Lonnie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL PAIN; WATER LOADING; YOGA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SALIVA; SPIRITUALITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651453257     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-15     Document Type: Article

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