Management of gastroesophageal reflux disease: Lifestyle modification and alternative approaches

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 149-151

  Eherer, Andreas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abdominal breathing; Breath training; Crura of the diaphragm; Lifestyle management; Reflux in opera choristers

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING EXERCISE; BREATHING PATTERN; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; EXERCISE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MANOMETRY; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FAT INTAKE; MUSIC THERAPY;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MANOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84896111465     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: 14219875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357181     Document Type: Article

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