Feasibility and acceptability of a Tai Chi Chih randomized controlled trial in senior female cancer survivors

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 464-474

  Campo, Rebecca A ^a,b   O'Connor, Kathleen ^a,b   Light, Kathleen C ^a   Nakamura, Yoshio ^a   Lipschitz, David L ^a   Lastayo, Paul C ^a   Pappas, Lisa ^a,b   Boucher, Kenneth ^a,b   Irwin, Michael R ^c,d   Agarwal, Neeraj ^a,b   Kinney, Anita Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

feasibility randomized controlled trial; oncology; quality of life; senior female cancer survivors; Tai Chi Chih

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAI CHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEASIBILITY RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENIOR FEMALE CANCER SURVIVORS; TAI CHI CHIH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; TAI JI;

EID: 84886017160     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735413485418     Document Type: Article

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