Meditation training for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and their caregivers

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 272-275

  Pagnini, Francesco ^a,b   Di Credico, Chiara ^c   Gatto, Ramona ^b   Fabiani, Viviana ^c   Rossi, Gabriella ^b   Lunetta, Christian ^b   Marconi, Anna ^b   Fossati, Federica ^b   Castelnuovo, Gianluca ^a,d   Tagliaferri, Aurora ^a   Banfi, Paolo ^e   Corbo, Massimo ^b,f   Sansone, Valeria ^b   Molinari, Enrico ^a,d   Amadei, Gherardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^e IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^f DEPARTMENT OF NEUROREHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BURNOUT; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COPING BEHAVIOR; EATING; EMOTION; FELDENKRAIS METHOD; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRAINING; WELLBEING; YOGA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CAREGIVERS; HUMANS; MEDITATION; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; MINDFULNESS;

EID: 84898976837     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2013.0268     Document Type: Article

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