Efficacy of EMG- and EEG-biofeedback in fibromyalgia syndrome: A meta-analysis and a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Glombiewski, Julia Anna ^a   Bernardy, Kathrin ^b   Häuser, Winfried ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROFEEDBACK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84885341128     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/962741     Document Type: Article

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