Yoga breathing for cancer chemotherapy-associated symptoms and quality of life: Results of a pilot randomized controlled trial

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 473-479

  Dhruva, Anand ^a   Miaskowski, Christine ^b   Abrams, Donald ^a   Acree, Michael ^a   Cooper, Bruce ^b   Goodman, Steffanie ^a   Hecht, Frederick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; STRESS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOGA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; BREATHING EXERCISES; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOGA;

EID: 84862076778     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0555     Document Type: Article

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