The effect of low-frequency sound stimulation on patients with fibromyalgia: A clinical study

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e21-e27

  Naghdi, Lili ^a,b   Ahonen, Heidi ^a,c   Macario, Pasqualino ^b   Bartel, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Sound Therapy Centre of Vaughan   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

40 Hz; Fibromyalgia; Low frequency; Music medicine; Neural circuit dysrhythmia; Rhythmic sensory stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JENKINS SLEEP SCALE; LOW FREQUENCY SOUND STIMULATION; MOOD; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE TONE; NECK MUSCLE; OPEN STUDY; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN DISABILITY INDEX; RANGE OF MOTION; SELF REPORT; SITTING; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922124983     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/375174     Document Type: Article

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