YOCAS©® Yoga Reduces Self-reported Memory Difficulty in Cancer Survivors in a Nationwide Randomized Clinical Trial: Investigating Relationships between Memory and Sleep

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 263-271

  Janelsins, Michelle C ^a   Peppone, Luke J ^a   Heckler, Charles E ^a   Kesler, Shelli R ^b   Sprod, Lisa K ^c   Atkins, James ^d   Melnik, Marianne ^e   Kamen, Charles ^a   Giguere, Jeffrey ^f   Messino, Michael J ^d   Mohile, Supriya G ^a   Mustian, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d Novant Health GWSM   (United States)

^e Cancer Research Consortium of West Michigan NCORP   (United States)

^f GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

"chemobrain"; cancer survivor; cancer related cognitive impairment; memory difficulty; quality of life; yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT HISTORY OF CHEMOTHERAPY; PATIENT HISTORY OF RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT HISTORY OF TUMORECTOMY; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SLEEP QUALITY; YOGA; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SURVIVORS; YOGA;

EID: 84980315183     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735415617021     Document Type: Article

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