Effectiveness of app-based relaxation for patients with chronic low back pain (relaxback) and chronic neck pain (relaxneck): Study protocol for two randomized pragmatic trials

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Blödt, Susanne ^a   Pach, Daniel ^a   Roll, Stephanie ^a   Witt, Claudia M ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comparative effectiveness research; Low back pain; Mind body therapies; Neck pain; Relaxation; Smartphone application

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; MOBILE PHONE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SAFETY; SELF CARE; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEVICES; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RELAXATION THERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924743952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-490     Document Type: Article

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