Upright posture improves affect and fatigue in people with depressive symptoms

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue , 2017, Pages 143-149

  Wilkes, Carissa ^a   Kydd, Rob ^a   Sagar, Mark ^b   Broadbent, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Depression; Embodied emotion; Fatigue; Posture; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; SADNESS; SPEECH TEST; STANDING; UPRIGHT POSTURE; ADOLESCENT; BODY POSITION; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84980357018     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2016.07.015     Document Type: Article

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