Yoga for Chronic Neck Pain: A 12-Month Follow-Up

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 541-548

  Cramer, Holger ^a   Lauche, Romy ^a   Hohmann, Claudia ^a   Langhorst, Jost ^a   Dobos, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complementary Therapies; Long Term Effects; Neck Pain; Regression Analysis; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876160722     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12053     Document Type: Article

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