Meditation for migraines: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Headache

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1484-1495

  Wells, Rebecca Erwin ^a   Burch, Rebecca ^b   Paulsen, Randall H ^b   Wayne, Peter M ^b   Houle, Timothy T ^a   Loder, Elizabeth ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

meditation; migraine; mindfulness; randomized controlled trial; yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; MINDFULNESS; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MINDFULNESS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84926198339     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/head.12420     Document Type: Article

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