Multimodal therapy concept and aerobic training in breast cancer patients with chronic cancer-related fatigue

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 301-311

  Kröz, Matthias ^a,b,c   Fink, Matthias ^d   Reif, Marcus ^e   Grobbecker, Siglinde ^a   Zerm, Roland ^a,b   Quetz, Michaele ^b   Frühwirth, Matthias ^f   Brinkhaus, Benno ^c   Bartsch, Christian ^g   Girke, Matthias ^a,b   Gutenbrunner, Christoph ^d  

^a Research Institute Havelhöhe FIH   (Germany)

^b Research Institute Havelhöhe FIH Havelhöhe Hospital   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e Institute for Clinical Research (IKF)   (Germany)

^f HUMAN RESEARCH   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

anthroposophic medicine; art therapy; autonomic regulation; breast cancer; cancer related fatigue; eurythmy therapy; multimodal therapy concept; psycho education; sleep education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION;

ANTHROPOSOPHIC MEDICINE; ART THERAPY; AUTONOMIC REGULATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER-RELATED FATIGUE; EURYTHMY THERAPY; MULTIMODAL THERAPY CONCEPT; PSYCHO-EDUCATION; SLEEP EDUCATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84879361359     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735412464552     Document Type: Article

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