Is yoga an effective treatment in the management of patients with chronic low back pain compared with other care modalities - A systematic review

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hill, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Biopsychosocial; Chronic; Yoga

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STRETCHING EXERCISE; THERAPY EFFECT; YOGA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 84879779519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15533840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jcim-2012-0007     Document Type: Review

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