"I'm more in balance": A qualitative study of yoga for patients with chronic neck pain

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 536-542

  Cramer, Holger ^a   Lauche, Romy ^a   Haller, Heidemarie ^a   Langhorst, Jost ^a   Dobos, Gustav ^a   Berger, Bettina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDITATION; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STRESS MANAGEMENT; YOGA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 84878781727     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0885     Document Type: Article

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