The efficacy of dance movement therapy group on improvement of quality of life: A randomized controlled trial

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-303

  Bräuninger, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dance movement therapy; Dance therapy; Quality of life (QOL); Randomized controlled trial; Research; Treatment outcome and efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE 100; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUNICH LIFE DIMENSION LIST; NEOPLASM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861849006     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: 18735878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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