Beneficial effects of treatment with sensory isolation in flotation-tank as a preventive health-care intervention - a randomized controlled pilot trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kjellgren, Anette ^a   Westman, Jessica ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flotation; Flotation tank; Health; Relaxation response; Sick leave; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENERGY; FEMALE; FLOTATION RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULATION TECHNIQUE; FLOTATION TANK; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MINDFULNESS; OPTIMISM; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SLEEP QUALITY; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RABBIT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABBITS; RELAXATION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921992420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-417     Document Type: Article

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