Mindfulness-based interventions in multiple sclerosis: Beneficial effects of Tai Chi on balance, coordination, fatigue and depression

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Burschka, Janina M ^a,b   Keune, Philipp M ^b,c   Oy, Ulrich Hofstadt van ^b   Oschmann, Patrick ^b   Kuhn, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance; Depression; Mindfulness; Multiple Sclerosis; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; COORDINATION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; EFFECT SIZE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MINDFULNESS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TAI CHI; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TAI JI;

EID: 84906839716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-014-0165-4     Document Type: Article

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