Relaxation Therapy

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A brief relaxation intervention for pain delivered by palliative care physicians: A pilot study. 
  • A long-term, single-group follow-up study of biofeedback therapy with chronic medical and psychiatric patients. 
  • Addressing Patient Emotional and Existential Needs During Serious Illness: Results of the Outlook Randomized Controlled Trial. 
  • Advances in the management of cancer pain. 
  • An intervention to increase coping and reduce health care utilization for school-age children and adolescents with sickle cell disease. 
  • Assessing Acute Secondary Treatment Outcomes in Early-Onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. 
  • Behavioral treatment of chronic low back pain: clinical outcome and individual differences in pain relief. 
  • Beneficial effects of noetic therapies on mood before percutaneous intervention for unstable coronary syndromes. 
  • Biofeedback, autogenic training, and progressive relaxation in the treatment of Raynaud's disease: a comparative study. 
  • Children with asthma have improved pulmonary functions after massage therapy. 
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for treatment of chronic primary insomnia: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Comparison of cardiovascular biofeedback, neuromuscular biofeedback, and meditation in the treatment of borderline essential hypertension. 
  • Conduct of multisite clinical studies by professional organizations. 
  • Cortisol decreases and serotonin and dopamine increase following massage therapy. 
  • Daily stress and social support among women with CAD: results from a 1-year randomized controlled stress management intervention study. 
  • Differential effects of mindful breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and loving-kindness meditation on decentering and negative reactions to repetitive thoughts. 
  • Does cognitive-behavioral insomnia therapy alter dysfunctional beliefs about sleep? 
  • EEG signature and phenomenology of alpha/theta neurofeedback training versus mock feedback. 
  • Early childhood OCD: preliminary findings from a family-based cognitive-behavioral approach. 
  • Effects of a brief coping skills training intervention on nociceptive flexion reflex threshold in patients having osteoarthritic knee pain: a preliminary laboratory study of sex differences. 
  • Effects of a brief mindfulness intervention on negative affect and urge to drink among college student drinkers. 
  • Effects of cue-controlled relaxation on psychomotor seizures: an experimental analysis. 
  • Efficacy of abbreviated progressive muscle relaxation training: a quantitative review of behavioral medicine research. 
  • Emotional processing and fear measurement synchrony as indicators of treatment outcome in fear of flying. 
  • Feasibility and effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in preschool children: two case reports. 
  • Generalized anxiety disorder. An important clinical concern. 
  • Hypertension self-control with a portable feedback unit or meditation-relaxation. 
  • Integrating a relaxation response-based curriculum into a public high school in Massachusetts. 
  • Integration of behavioral and relaxation approaches into the treatment of chronic pain and insomnia. NIH Technology Assessment Panel on Integration of Behavioral and Relaxation Approaches into the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Insomnia. 
  • Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: benefits from massage therapy. 
  • Levels of stress and intervention preferences of caregivers of brain tumor patients. 
  • Management of post-herpetic neuralgia. 
  • Massage therapy effects on depressed pregnant women. 
  • Natural killer cells and lymphocytes increase in women with breast cancer following massage therapy. 
  • Nonpharmacologic approaches to the treatment of hypertension. 
  • Pain coping strategies and coping efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis: a daily process analysis. 
  • Pregnant women benefit from massage therapy. 
  • Preparation for intrusive procedures using noninvasive techniques in children with cancer: state of the art vs. new trends. 
  • Preparation of children for painful procedures. 
  • Pretherapy cognitive dispositions and treatment outcome in cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia. 
  • Psychological and cognitive outcomes of a randomized trial of exercise among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 
  • Relaxation techniques in children with cancer: the nurse's role. 
  • Relaxation therapy for insomnia: nighttime and day time effects. 
  • Relaxation therapy reduces anxiety in child and adolescent psychiatric patients. 
  • Relaxation to assist sleep medication withdrawal. 
  • Relaxation training for NIDDM. Predicting who may benefit. 
  • Role of stress in the etiology and treatment of diabetes mellitus. 
  • Self-hypnosis as antiemetic therapy in children receiving chemotherapy. 
  • Systematic slowed speech: a new treatment for stuttering. 
  • Teacher-led relaxation response curriculum in an urban high school: impact on student behavioral health and classroom environment. 
  • The Monitoring and Actualization of Noetic TRAining the MANTRA Study, a randomized controlled study of healing interventions. 
  • The effects of relaxations on glucose tolerance in non-insulin-dependent diabetes. 
  • The influence of anxiety and depression on outcomes of patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • The long-term treatment of panic disorder. 
  • The use of distraction and imagery with children during painful procedures. 
  • Trajectories of change in youth anxiety during cognitive-behavior therapy. 
  • Triggers of uncertainty about recurrence and long-term treatment side effects in older African American and Caucasian breast cancer survivors. 
  • Use of mindfulness, meditation and relaxation to treat vasomotor symptoms.