The effectiveness of Technology-Enhanced relaxation techniques for military medical warriors

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1065-1070

  Stetz, Melba C ^a   Kaloi Chen, Janalle Y ^a   Turner, David D ^b   Bouchard, Stéphane ^c   Riva, Giuseppe ^d   Wiederhold, Brenda K ^e  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^e VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SOLDIER; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELAXATION THERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 80052455147     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00393     Document Type: Article

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