Guided imagery for non-musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-104

  Posadzki, Paul ^a   Lewandowski, Wendy ^b   Terry, Rohini ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a   Stearns, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; non musculoskeletal pain; pain; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEALING; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863565060     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.07.014     Document Type: Review

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