The perspectives of older women with chronic neck pain on perceived effects of qigong and exercise therapy on aging: A qualitative interview study

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 403-410

  Holmberg, Christine ^a,b   Rappenecker, Julia ^a   Karner, Julia J ^a   Witt, Claudia M ^a,c  

^a Institute for Social Medicine   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Back pain; Exercise therapy; Neck pain; Qigong; Women

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOTIVATION; NECK PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QIGONG; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; THERAPY EFFECT;

BACK PAIN; EXERCISE THERAPY; NECK PAIN; QIGONG; WOMEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NECK PAIN; QIGONG; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896038234     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S54249     Document Type: Article

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