Exercise and post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans: A systematic review

Military Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 953-960

  Whitworth, James W ^a   Ciccolo, Joseph T ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VETERAN;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS;

EID: 84986582593     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00488     Document Type: Review

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