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Title:

Functional relaxation and guided imagery as complementary therapy in asthma: a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Document type:
Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s):
Lahmann, C; Nickel, M; Schuster, T; Sauer, N; Ronel, J; Noll-Hussong, M; Tritt, K; Nowak, D; Rohricht, F; Loew, T
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Asthma is a frequently disabling and almost invariably distressing disease that has a high overall prevalence. Although relaxation techniques and hypnotherapeutic interventions have proven their effectiveness in numerous trials, relaxation therapies are still not recommended in treatment guidelines due to a lack of methodological quality in many of the trials. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the efficacy of the brief relaxation technique of functional relaxation (FR) and gu...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Psychother Psychosom
Year:
2009
Journal volume:
78
Journal issue:
4
Pages contribution:
233-9
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1159/000214445
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19401624
Print-ISSN:
0033-3190
TUM Institution:
Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie; Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
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