Yoga for Chronic Pain
A special issue of Medicines (ISSN 2305-6320).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2017) | Viewed by 4941
Special Issue Editors
Interests: complementary medicine; integrative medicine; clinical research; public health; yoga; tai chi; mindfulness; traditional medicine; cupping; self-care; mental health
Interests: integrative medicine; meditation; yoga; mindfulness; mind–body medicine; research methodology; public health; health behavior
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Originally part of traditional Indian spiritual, self-care, and medical practice, yoga has become a popular practice to promote physical and mental well-being, and to treat a number of medical conditions, including chronic pain. Previous research has demonstrated the popularity of yoga worldwide, with a prevalence estimated between 10–30%.
While the number of research articles has increased substantially over the last decade, there is still a tremendous lack of high quality evidence to support the usefulness and safety of yoga in many chronic pain conditions. Establishing such a broad knowledge base will, not only foster the advancement of the yoga field in general, but, in the long term, also the integration of yoga therapy into medical healthcare models.
We welcome papers reporting latest evidence for yoga in chronic pain conditions including clinical trials, meta-analyses, qualitative research, surveys, experimental studies or any other submission aiming at increasing the knowledge base for yoga in chronic pain conditions.
Dr. Holger Cramer
Dr. Romy Lauche
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Yoga, Meditation
- Chronic Pain
- Anesthesia
- Clinical Trials
- Surveys
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