A Randomized controlled pilot study assessing feasibility and impact of yoga practice on quality of life, mood, and perceived stress in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer

Global Advances In Health and Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 30-35

  Pruthi, Sandhya ^a   Stan, Daniela L ^a   Jenkins, Sarah M ^a   Huebner, Marianne ^a   Borg, Beth A ^a   Thomley, Barbara S ^a   Cutshall, Susanne M ^a   Singh, Ravinder ^a   Kohli, Sadhna ^a   Boughey, Judy C ^a   Lemaine, Valerie ^a   Nes, Lise Solberg ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fatigue; Pilot study; Quality of life; Stress; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; CORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BRIEF FATIGUE INVENTORY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CANCER TREATMENT BREAST CANCER; HUMAN; MOOD; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES SHORT FORM; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; YOGA;

EID: 84908201196     PISSN: 2164957X     EISSN: 21649561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7453/gahmj.2012.1.5.010     Document Type: Article

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