Randomized Controlled Trial of Qigong/Tai Chi Easy on Cancer-Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 165-176

  Larkey, Linda K ^a,b   Roe, Denise J ^c   Weihs, Karen L ^d   Jahnke, Roger ^e   Lopez, Ana Maria ^f   Rogers, Carol E ^g   Oh, Byeongsang ^h,i   Guillen Rodriguez, Jose ^f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi Health Action Incorporated   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Fatigue; Qigong; Survivor symptoms; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

AGED; BREAST TUMOR; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QIGONG; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVOR; TAI CHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QIGONG; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938682849     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: 15324796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-014-9645-4     Document Type: Article

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