Yoga for pain and anxiety in pediatric hematology-oncology patients: Case series and review of the literature

Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 95-105

  Moody, Karen ^a   Daswani, Dina ^a   Abrahams, Bess ^a   Santizo, Ruth ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Hematology; Oncology; Pain; Pediatrics; Sickle cell; Yoga

Indexed keywords

10 POINT WONG BAKER FACES PAIN SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER PAIN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 79953120123     PISSN: 1715894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7200.2010.0005     Document Type: Review

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