Guided imagery for musculoskeletal pain.: A systematic review

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 648-653

  Posadzki, Paul ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

guided imagery, musculoskeletal pain, systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; FIBROMYALGIA; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION SENSATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 80051796123     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31821124a5     Document Type: Review

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