What is the perceived impact of Alexander technique lessons on health status, costs and pain management in the real life setting of an English hospital? the results of a mixed methods evaluation of an Alexander technique service for those with chronic back pain

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  McClean, Stuart ^a   Brilleman, Sam ^b   Wye, Lesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexander technique; Chronic back pain; Complementary and alternative medicine; Mixed methods; Pain management; Service evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938416400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0966-1     Document Type: Article

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