The role of exercise and types of exercise in the rehabilitation of chronic pain: Specific or nonspecific benefits

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-161

  Sullivan, Amy Burleson ^a   Scheman, Judith ^a   Venesy, Deborah ^a   Davin, Sara ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjunctive therapy; Aerobic exercise; Anaerobic exercise; Chronic pain; Flexibility; Interdisciplinary pain programs; Pain management; Pilates; Rehabilitation; Stretching; Tai Chi; Yoga

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANAEROBIC EXERCISE; ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PILATES; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SPINE STABILIZATION; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TAI CHI; THERAPY EFFECT; TREADMILL EXERCISE; YOGA;

ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 84861098370     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-012-0245-3     Document Type: Review

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