Iyengar yoga for distressed women: A 3-armed randomized controlled trial

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Michalsen, Andreas ^a,b   Jeitler, Michael ^a,b   Brunnhuber, Stefan ^c   Lüdtke, Rainer ^d   Büssing, Arndt ^e   Musial, Frauke ^f   Dobos, Gustav ^g   Kessler, Christian ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Immanuel Hospital Berlin   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d Karl und Veronica Carstens Foundation   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHEN STRESS SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; THERAPY EFFECT; YOGA;

EID: 84874858224     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/408727     Document Type: Article

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