Dissertations / Theses: 'Mind and body therapies – Research'

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O'Brien, Annamarie L. "Mind over Matter: Expressions of Mind/Body Dualism in Thinspiration." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1369057408.

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Nichols, Duncan. "Embodied practice : do social work therapists explore client strengths as expressed in the lived experience of the body? : a project based upon an independent investigation /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5917.

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Loots, Maureen. "A multi-variate approach to posture." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22851.

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What is the ideal human upright posture? Where did it come from, how did it develop, what is its significance, how is it measured? What are the cause and effect of malposture? Much has been published on the role of posture in physical as well as mental and emotional states of the individual. This study was undertaken to investigate these issues, while at the same time aiming to find the position and role of posture in the physical and psychological context of human life. The first aspect of posture investigated was its definition. What constitutes good posture is still a debated issue. The conclusion drawn was that good posture represents the state of balance in an individual at rest and during motion. Ideally this state should be achieved with all the body parts aligned on top of each other requiring minimal effort and energy expenditure. The evolutionary origin of the upright posture in man was traced in order to come to a clearer understanding of the anatomical, biomechanical and physiological mechanisms involved in posture. The positions and functions of some muscles and bones have remained, and some have changed during the development of the upright human from its quadrupedal ancestors. Maintenance of balanced posture depends mainly on the coordinated action of the stabilizing mono-articulated muscles, and their place and purpose in upright man were viewed in the light of their origins. By so doing one is able to uncover their intended use and to identify misuse of these muscles. Development throughout childhood mimics the evolutionary process. A series of postural exercises was described, which follows the childhood/evolutionary pattern, and have proven to be successful in postural rehabilitation and body¬mind integration. In order to understand the concept of the upright standing posture, control mechanisms responsible for maintaining upright posture were reviewed. These included the sensory and the neuromusculo-skeletal systems. This was duly undertaken in accordance with existing literature, it was concluded that posture is controlled in association with all human functions. Following the concept that posture affects the mind and emotions, the work and theories of prominent researchers in the body-mind and postural integration field such as Frederick Alexander, Raymond Dart, Moshe Feldenkrais, Alexander Lowen, Wilhelm Reich and Ida Rolf were reviewed and distilled. This led to evidence that treatment of the body has an effect on the mind, that structure influences function and that postural equilibrium has a beneficial influence on both mind and body. According to numerous workers malposture in man is pandemic. Ensuing literature and empirical research on total body posture, and the position of each area of the body, from the head to the feet, revealed divergent causes of this problem as well as effects of malposture, including negative self-image, psycholological problems, pain, fatigue and the inability to achieve the full human potential. Although there is no obvious cause of postural imbalance, there are many ways of preventing or rectifying the disorder. During the course of a postural rehabilitation therapy, there is a good chance of uncovering the underlying cause of the postural imbalance. This can be as deep seated as a personality disorder or as clear as the fear of an old sport injury. The incidence and extent of postural defects were investigated in two small groups of subjects with the aim to determine the range of postural deviations, and the body areas most commonly affected. All subjects studied, leaned forward with the gravity line anterior to the ankle joint. Postural defects were prevalent in all subjects. Most of the subjects were categorized as having severe postural defects or gross deformity. Postural asymmetry and kyphosis were the most common defects. The conclusions drawn from these studies were that most people, in any age group, suffer from some type of postural defect, supporting the general consensus that malposture is a pandemic condition. The effects of postural rehabilitation were also investigated. Postures improved in all the subjects over a period of twelve weeks, with a more vertical body alignment the most obvious change. Postural rehabilitation has physical and psychological consequences. This was demonstrated by improvement in posture and increased body awareness, a decrease in the tendency to become fatigued, an decrease in back and neck stiffness and improvement in mental attitudes. Postural training in general could therefore be profitable for both body and mind, and an appreciation of good posture and its resulting efficiency represents the best kind of preventative medicine. Postural training should have a place in both Education and Health. Thesis (D Phil (HMS))--University of Pretoria, 2007. Arts, Languages and Human Movement Studies Education Unrestricted

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Sommer, A. "Crossing the boundaries of mind and body : psychical research and the origins of modern psychology." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2013. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1405398/.

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This dissertation examines the co-emergence of psychical research and modern professionalized psychology in the late nineteenth century. Questioning conservative historical accounts assuming an inherent incompatibility of these disciplines, this thesis argues that from the early 1880s to ca. 1910, it was often difficult if not impossible to draw a clear distinction between psychology and psychical research. Chapter 1 forms the integrative framework of the thesis through a historiographical review of changing attitudes to ‘occult’ properties of the mind in natural philosophy from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Chapter 2 provides a study and comparison of concerns and epistemological presuppositions of the instigators and leading representatives of psychical research in England, France, Germany and the USA. Chapter 3 outlines competing methodological maxims in early experimental psychology, explores the work of the Society for Psychical Research in England and psychological societies conducting psychical research in Germany, and discusses the active involvement of the ‘father’ of modern American psychology, William James, in psychical research. Formulations of transcendental-individualistic models of unconscious or subliminal cognition by Carl du Prel in Germany and Frederic W. H. Myers in England, which informed the mature psychological thought of James in America and Théodore Flournoy in Switzerland, are discussed as landmarks in the history of concepts of the unconscious. Chapter 4 presents case studies of early professional psychologists repudiating psychical research from the territories of fledgling psychology, identifies recurring rhetorical patterns in these controversies, and connects them to wider cultural and historiographical developments studied in Chapter 1.

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Kruer-Zerhusen, Adriane E. "Mind-Body Interventions for Chronic Pain and Trauma| A Qualitative Research Perspective on Group Psychotherapy Intervention." Thesis, Union Institute and University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10076300.

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This dissertation focused on advancing the current research on the connection between physical and psychological health. This study focused on two psychotherapy groups that integrate mind-body practices in the form of yoga, meditation, and relaxation. These groups were ongoing and are held once a week for one hour in an urban outpatient mental health clinic. Participants in these groups attended consistently for approximately 1-4 years and experienced a wide-range of trauma and chronic pain symptoms. Because the groups were active and running for several years, this study followed a qualitative research approach to comprehensively capture the participants’ subjective experience. Understanding the experience of these particular clients could prove to be advantageous to the field of psychology as it will help to elucidate the individual’s experience of an integrated mind-body modality for trauma and pain treatment. Using phenomenological interviews, this study explored the subjective experience of individuals in these groups. In-depth interview questions focused on participants’ reactions to the mind-body interventions for combined physical and psychological symptom relief.

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McCabe, Kym M. "The Effects of Yoga on Symptoms Associated with Conduct Disorder with Callous Unemotional Traits as a Moderator." Scholarly Repository, 2009. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/327.

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The purpose of this research was to investigate the additive therapeutic effects of a yoga intervention on the anxiety, depression and behavioral problems of conduct-disordered male adolescents in residential treatment. In addition, the moderating effects of callous-unemotional (CU) traits on outcome measures were assessed. The program consisted of a four-week intervention program in which participants were randomly assigned to either the yoga group (n=25), in which they practiced yoga with an instructor, or the control group (n=19), in which they met for a supervised study hall. The study included pre-testing on symptoms of anxiety, depression and CU traits, and post-testing on anxiety and depression measures only. Behavioral data were unavailable due to unanticipated program changes. A repeated measures MANOVA was utilized to investigate the benefits of yoga practice on a combined mental health variable that consisted of two dependent variables, anxiety and depression. A significant effect for time, but not for the interaction between time and group, was found. This indicated that both groups' scores decreased over time on the depression and anxiety variables, but that there was no statistically significant difference between the treatment groups' depression and anxiety scores over time. In spite of non-significant results, additional exploratory analysis was conducted. Results indicated a trend towards significantly greater decreases in anxiety outcomes for the yoga group vs. the control group over time. The moderating effects of CU traits on the relationships among the treatment conditions and anxiety outcomes were found to be non-significant. Limitations of the present research, including low sample size and statistical power, are discussed.

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Siegel, Pamela. "Yoga e saúde = o desafio da introdução de uma prática não-convencional no SUS." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/311415.

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Orientador: Nelson Filice de Barros Tese (doutorado) - Univversidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T09:11:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Siegel_Pamela_D.pdf: 6725081 bytes, checksum: 927fab05ed1e53b418d141d74f04658e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 Resumo: O yoga é uma prática psico-física sistematizada por Patanjali, sábio hindu, que viveu no século II a.C.. Em 1893 o yoga chega às Américas com a vinda do Swami Vivekananda aos Estados Unidos e no Brasil, nos anos de 1940, Caio Miranda começa a ensinar a prática no Rio de Janeiro. Portanto, o yoga é praticado há sessenta anos no país e há, ainda, poucas pesquisas sobre o mesmo no campo da saúde coletiva, razão esta que justificou o nosso interesse. Além do que em 2002 a Organização Mundial de Saúde incluiu o yoga no conjunto das práticas mente-corpo e estimulou seus países membros a pesquisar e adotar esta prática nos seus sistemas de saúde pública. O objetivo desse trabalho é analisar as percepções dos líderes das principais tradições do yoga em São Paulo sobre a possibilidade da inserção dessa prática como política pública no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) e seus processos de formação e profissionalização. Foram identificadas 21 tradições principais, das quais 18 líderes foram entrevistados e três não o foram por diferentes razões. Foram realizadas entrevistas em profundidade em janeiro/fevereiro de 2006; em setembro/outubro de 2008 e abril de 2009, com roteiro construído em três secções: a) Identificação pessoal; b) A prática do yoga e c) Yoga e saúde. As entrevistas tiveram duração média de 1,5h e aconteceram em diferentes locais da cidade de São Paulo, de acordo com os apontamentos dos entrevistados. Todas foram gravadas, transcritas e analisadas com base na tradição da análise temática da pesquisa qualitativa. A maioria dos instrutores tem curso superior, formação em yoga adquirida no Brasil e em países estrangeiros, em cursos nos EUA e na Índia, viagens e retiros. Em relação à profissionalização, alguns dos entrevistados tiveram contato muito cedo com o yoga, seja através de leituras, influências familiares, inclinações místicas, estados de saúde delicados ou simples curiosidade. Outros entraram em contato com a prática na idade adulta e decidiram se dedicar à docência do yoga. Os entrevistados atuam em escolas particulares de yoga ou em organizações que promovem diferentes tradições do yoga, dando aulas, palestras, cursos de formação, cursos intensivos e de férias, bem como organizando retiros, viagens, seminários, e alguns escrevem artigos e traduzem livros sobre temas do universo do yoga. Todos os entrevistados aprovam a inclusão do yoga no SUS e elaboraram sugestões sobre: como a prática poderia ser ofertada, o público alvo, as técnicas de yoga a serem ensinadas, a duração das aulas, etc. Algumas áreas em que o yoga poderia fazer importantes contribuições seriam: vegetarianismo; correção postural e integração dos movimentos; cultura de paz; cultivo de valores; abstenção de vícios; consciência espiritual; integração do si; cultivo da atenção, oxigenação cerebral; cultivo de uma disciplina e melhoria da qualidade de vida. Conclui-se que o yoga é visto como um conjunto de práticas físicas, sociais e filosóficas úteis para o campo da saúde, todavia com muitos desafios para a sua integração no SUS, devido à sua identificação com a cultura alternativa e distanciamento das bases epistemológicas da medicina complementar e integrativa. Abstract: Background: Yoga is a psycho-physical practice systematized by Patanjali, a Hindu sage, who lived in the second century BCE. In 1983, yoga was brought to America by Swami Vivekananda. In Brazil, around 1940, Caio Miranda began teaching the practice in Rio de Janeiro. Thus yoga has been practiced for the last sixty years in the biggest urban centers of the country and there are very few academic studies on the subject in the health field, which is the main reason to justify our interest in the study. Besides, in 2002, the World Health Organization included yoga in the group of the mind-body practices and stimulated its members to study and adopt these practices in the national health systems. Objective: This article explores the São Paulo yoga leaders' perceptions regarding the potential insertion of yoga as a public policy into the Brazilian National Health System, and their process of professionalization. Methods: Twenty one main traditions were identified, of which 18 leaders were interviewed, and the other three didn't participate for different reasons. Indepth interviews were carried out in January/February 2006; September/October 2008 and April 2009, through the application of a questionnaire divided into three sections: (a) personal identification; (b) yoga practice; and (c) yoga and health. The interviews lasted approximately 1.5 hr and took place in various locations in São Paulo city, according to appointments arranged by the interviewees and after they had signed a voluntary consent form. All the interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed according to the qualitative research tradition. Most yoga leaders have college education and acquired their yoga training in Brazil and in foreign countries, like USA and India, and through trips and retreats. Concerning their professionalization, some of the interviewees came in contact with yoga at a young age either through books, family influences, mystical inclinations, delicate states of health or simply curiosity. Others discovered yoga as adults and decided to become yoga teachers. They work in private yoga schools or for organizations which promote different yoga traditions, teaching, giving lectures, courses for teachers, intensive and vacation courses, and they also organize retreats, trips and seminars; some of them write articles and translate books on different themes pertaining to the yoga field. Results: All the interviewees approve the inclusion of yoga in the Brazilian National Health System and suggested how the practice could be applied, the main public, the yoga techniques, the duration of the classes, etc. Areas in which yoga was perceived as being able to make important contributions included: vegetarianism; postural correction and integration of movements; peace culture; the cultivation of virtuous values; abstention from addictive substances; spiritual consciousness; integration of the self; cultivation of awareness; brain oxygenization; cultivation of discipline and improved quality of life. Conclusion: Yoga is seen as a group of useful physical, social, and philosophical practices for the health field. However, challenges to its integration into the BNHS include its maintenance as an alternative culture practice and its distance from the epistemological bases of present complementary and integrative medicine. Doutorado Saude Coletiva Doutor em Saude Coletiva

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Jones, Claire E. "An investigation into the role of body posture in mindfulness practice." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2016. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/14779/.

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Embodied emotion theory hypothesises a reciprocal relationship between physical expression of emotion and the manner in which emotional information is perceived. The Integrated Cognitive Subsystems (ICS) theory of depression and Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) propose the body as key in the development and treatment of depression. This study investigated the relationship between posture and outcomes of mindfulness practice; participants meditating in an upright posture were predicted to report greater mindfulness, positive affect and distress tolerance than in a slouched posture. A non-clinical, adult sample (N=39) carried out a 15-minute mindfulness breathing exercise in upright and slouched postures in a counter-balanced within-participant design, with outcome measures of mindfulness, affect and distress tolerance. Participants also reported qualitative experiences. Due to order effects, only data from the first posture participants adopted were analysed, converting the study into a between-participant design. Hypotheses were not supported; between-subjects analyses found no difference in participants’ reported mindfulness, affect or distress tolerance between the two posture groups; potentially due to measurement or power issues. Keeping with previous MBI research, negative affect decreased following the practice in both postures. There was tentative evidence that distress tolerance decreased in the slouched posture condition; although there was no change in the upright condition. Qualitatively, participants reported breathing was easier when upright. These two findings may provide some support for the importance of attending to an upright posture in mindfulness practice. Further research is required to understand the role of the body in depression and MBIs.

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Lowry, Rachelle E. "Influence of Mechanical Choices on Development and Persistence of Osteoarthritis: How Alexander Technique Can Promote Prevention and Management." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/351.

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Is osteoarthritis a fate unconditionally vested in genetic makeup, or are joints aggravated into inflammation by the way they are treated? Humans are a complicated conglomeration of experiences, decisions, and inheritance. Osteoarthritis, likewise, has evaded simplicity in any explanation of its causation, so it necessitates a multi-dimensional perspective. This research considers the relevance of Alexander Technique in filling a void in which treatment and management of osteoarthritis is not equally equipped to answer this multi-dimensional causation. Alexander Technique is classified as a movement therapy, but this does not quite encompass the mindset of it—that it is indeed largely a mindset about movement. More concisely, Alexander Technique emphasizes self-awareness about how a person uses his or her body to perform daily tasks. It is physical minimalism, and involves continual recognition of muscle tension along with the ability to let go of any tension that is burdensome and unnecessary. This technique has diminished pain and increased the ease of movement for those who have experienced it, even people with osteoarthritis. To build the argument that osteoarthritis can be hindered through a heightened consideration of how joints are treated, the initial component of this research investigated the vast amount of information already gleaned about the pathogenesis of this disease. The fields of physiology, genetics, immunology, and clinical practice already have much to share, and this knowledge has been combined with studies about the benefits and goals of Alexander Technique to discover the common ground of osteoarthritis treatment. The experimental component assesses the association of Alexander Technique to the minimization of pain from osteoarthritis. An online survey asks osteoarthritis cohorts about the history of their disease, the effect it has had on their pain levels and activities of daily living, and about the efficacy of their management strategies. Because each participant will be asked if he or she has received Alexander Technique lessons, the survey can be used to analyze each respondent’s experience of osteoarthritis with respect to that. It was found that participants who had received Alexander Technique lessons reported an average of one more pain-free day per week, and experienced diminished pain levels for daily physical activities such as walking. Management strategies also indicated the benefit of Alexander Technique; those who had taken lessons less frequently used pain and anti-inflammatory medications and were able to be more physically active than the unexposed group. No statistical significance was achieved from the data, largely owing to small sample size (Alexander Technique, n=12, no Alexander Technique, n=25). This study is a step in the direction of better osteoarthritis management, promoting prevention-minded awareness of joint use and providing preliminary fuel for more extensive research.

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Anthes, Susan Adelia. "Neurofeedback results: A cross comparison of opinion within the profession." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2207.

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Baez, Shelby Elyse. "INJURY-RELATED FEAR IN PATIENTS AFTER ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/rehabsci_etds/53.

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Approximately 200,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur each year with about 100,000 of these injuries undergoing reconstruction (ACLR). The impetus of ACLR is to allow previously high functioning, physically active individuals to return to desired levels of sports participation and to engage in recommended levels of physical activity. However, 1 out of 3 patients after ACLR fail to return to competitive levels of sport and meet recommended levels of physical activity. Injury-related fear has been cited as the primary barrier for failure to return to sport. However, the research has been primarily qualitative in nature and limited research has quantitatively examined the impact of injury-related fear on return to sport and physical activity engagement in this population. In addition to quantifying the impact of injury-related fear, no research has examined the underlying neural substrates associated with injury-related fear after ACLR. Previous research has demonstrated that patients after ACLR undergo neuroplasticity in sensorimotor regions of the brain and exhibit changes in neurocognitive functioning. Despite previous research in other musculoskeletal pathologies demonstrating neuroplasticity in emotional regulation centers of the brain, no research has examined these brain regions in patients after ACLR. Furthermore, previous research in healthy athletes has suggested that psychosocial impairments can lead to changes in neurocognitive functioning, including reaction time. Understanding these neural substrates could provide insight into appropriate intervention strategies to decrease injury-related fear, increase return to sport and physical activity engagement, and potentially improve neurocognitive functioning in patients after ACLR. The purpose of this dissertation was to further investigate the effects of injury-related fear on patients after ACLR and to determine the efficacy of a cognitive behavioral intervention to decrease injury-related fear in this population. The purposes of these studies were to determine whether patient-based, specifically psychological, and functional outcomes were associated with return to sport and physical activity levels in individuals with a history of ACLR, to determine differences in brain activation patterns when exposed to fear-eliciting stimuli in individuals with a history of ACLR compared healthy matched controls, and to determine the efficacy of in vivo exposure therapy on self-reported fear and reaction times in participants post-ACLR. The results of these studies indicate that injury-related fear was quantitatively associated with return to sport and physical activity engagement in patients after ACLR. Additionally, individuals with a history of ACLR activated emotional regulation centers of the brain in greater depth when compared to healthy matched controls. Lastly, in vivo exposure therapy decreased self-reported injury-related fear for specific functional tasks but did not improve general fear response or reaction time in post-ACLR participants. The results of these studies objectively elucidate the negative impact of injury-related fear in patients with a history of ACLR.

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Guerreiro, Daniela Sofia Morgado. "Os efeitos de um programa de intervenção psicomotora nos indicadores de saúde e bem-estar de sobreviventes de cancro da mama." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/29317.

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Com os avanços científicos, o número de sobreviventes de cancro da mama é cada vez maior, surgindo a necessidade de encontrar respostas terapêuticas que considerem a sua especificidade. Objetivo: Conhecer a viabilidade e os efeitos de um programa de relaxação psicomotora nos indicadores de saúde e bem-estar e na vivência afetiva do corpo de mulheres sobreviventes de cancro da mama. Metodologia: Participaram 18 mulheres (51.67 ± 8.20) sobreviventes de cancro da mama, que foram divididas em dois grupos, um grupo experimental, denominado de Grupo de Relaxação Psicomotora (GRP), que participou numa intervenção psicomotora durante 8 semanas, com frequência bissemanal, e um Grupo Controlo (GC), que não recebeu intervenção e manteve as suas rotinas habituais. Foi avaliada a viabilidade e os efeitos da intervenção nos indicadores de saúde física, saúde mental e bem-estar social e na vivência afetiva do corpo. Resultados: Comparado com o GC, no final da intervenção, o GRP evidenciava melhores indicadores (p≤0.05) de saúde física (vitalidade, domínio físico, fadiga) e mental (domínio psicológico, desempenho emocional, saúde mental, ansiedade, hostilidade, inércia, vigor), de bem-estar social (função social), e de vivência afetiva do corpo (notar as emoções, regulação atencional, consciência emocional, autorregulação, confiar no corpo, apreciação corporal). Na última sessão verificou-se ainda uma diminuição das concentrações de cortisol das participantes. Conclusões: Os resultados sugerem que a intervenção de relaxação psicomotora é uma abordagem não farmacológica viável, bem tolerada e benéfica para a saúde, o bem-estar e a vivência afetiva do corpo de mulheres sobreviventes de cancro da mama; ABSTRACT: The effects of a psychomotor intervention program on health and well-being indicators of breast cancer survivors. With the scientific advances, the number of breast cancer survivors is increasing, emerging the need to find therapeutic responses that consider their specificity. Objective: To know the feasibility and the effects of a psychomotor relaxation program on the health and well-being indicators and in the body affective experience of women breast cancer survivors. Methodology: Eighteen women (51.67 ± 8.20) who are breast cancer survivors participated, and were divided into two groups, an experimental group, denominated the Psychomotor Relaxation Group, which participated in psychomotor intervention for 8 weeks, with bi-weekly frequency, and a Control Group (CG), that received no intervention and maintained their usual routines. Having evaluated the feasibility and the effects of the intervention on physical health, mental health, social well-being indicators and on body affective experience. Results: Compared with the CG, at the end of the intervention, the GRP showed better indicators (p≤0.05) of physical health (vitality, physical domain, fatigue) and mental (psychological domain, emotional performance, mental health, anxiety, hostility, inertia, vigour), social well-being (social function), and body affective experience (noticing emotions, attentional regulation, emotional awareness, self-regulation, trusting the body, body appreciation). In the last session there was also a decrease in the cortisol concentrations of the participants. Conclusions: The results suggest that the psychomotor relaxation intervention is a viable non-pharmacological approach, well tolerated and beneficial for the health, well-being, and body affective experience of breast cancer survivors.

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Salmoirago, Blotcher Elena. "A Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Treatment of Anxiety in ICD Patients: Feasibility and Baseline Findings: A Dissertation." eScholarship@UMMS, 2011. http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_diss/506.

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Background. Primary and secondary prevention trials have shown that implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) reduce the risk of cardiac death, but concerns have been raised regarding the psychological well-being of ICD patients. Anxiety can affect a significant proportion of these patients, but there is limited information about prevalence and determinants of anxiety after the implementation of the more recent guidelines for ICD implantation. Several behavioral interventions have been effective in improving anxiety in these patients, however the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) has not been investigated in ICD patients, and there is limited information regarding the characteristics of pre-intervention, “dispositional” mindfulness in patients with cardiovascular disease never exposed to mindfulness training. The aims of this dissertation project were: 1) To determine the feasibility of a randomized clinical trial of a phone-administered, mindfulness-based training program, as measured by recruitment and retention rates, treatment adherence and fidelity; 2) To evaluate the current baseline prevalence and determinants of anxiety in the study population and 3) To describe the correlates of dispositional mindfulness in the study population. Methods. The study was conducted at the Electrophysiology Service at the UMass Memorial Medical Center. All consecutive patients who recently underwent an ICD procedure or received ICD shocks were screened for eligibility to participate in a pilot randomized controlled trial in which an eight session, phone-delivered, weekly MBI was compared to a usual care condition. Assessments were performed at baseline and post-intervention. A cross-sectional design was used for aims 2 and 3. Anxiety was assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; a shortened version of the Five Facets of Mindfulness questionnaire was used to evaluate mindfulness. Results. Thirty patients (21 M, 9 F; mean age 63.1 ±10.3 years) were enrolled in the study. The methods ultimately adopted to screen, recruit, and retain study participants were feasible to conduct and satisfactory to ICD outpatients, and the study intervention was safe. Phone delivery resulted in excellent retention rates and limited costs. Assessments of treatment fidelity showed that the content of the intervention was delivered as intended in almost 100% of cases. The study findings do not show a decrease in the overall prevalence of anxiety in ICD patients compared with earlier cohorts; anxiety was associated with young age, low socio-economic status and previous psychological morbidity, but not with ICD-related factors including prior shock delivery. Finally, baseline mindfulness was most strongly associated with previous psychological morbidity (in particular, depression), and current anxiety symptoms. Conclusion. Psychological morbidity appears to be the major determinant of anxiety in the patients currently enrolled in the study. Dispositional mindfulness is inversely associated with current anxiety and depression and with prior psychological morbidity, supporting the hypothesis of a modulating role of mindfulness on the processing of negative emotions. A phone-delivered, individual MBI is feasible, acceptable to patients and can be adequately delivered by trained instructors. The findings from this dissertation work support the need for larger clinical trials of MBI in ICD patients.

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Ferreira, Ana Paula de Melo [UNESP]. "Avaliação do programa de medicina anti-estresse em mulheres com câncer de colo uterino submetidas à radioterapia." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/123300.

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Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T16:53:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-02-24Bitstream added on 2015-05-14T16:59:02Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000816084.pdf: 546108 bytes, checksum: 9ecb59e3d926b6379bd0209c2777d36b (MD5) Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Fundação Ezequiel Dias do Estado de Minas Gerais (FUNED) A vivência da doença onco-ginecológica, proporciona sofrimento, preocupações e perdas tanto na paciente como nos membros da sua família, em particular, naquele que tem a responsabilidade da prestação de cuidados. Clinicamente, tem havido uma tentativa de modificar as respostas de estresse dos indivíduos, com terapias anti-estresse, que focam nas interações entre a mente e o corpo nos fatores mentais, sociais, espirituais e emocionais, afetando diretamente a saúde e a capacidade de auto-cuidado e auto-consciência. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a influência do programa de medicina anti-estresse em mulheres com câncer de colo uterino submetidas à radioterapia e em seu cuidador. A amostra foi constituída de 60 mulheres com câncer de colo uterino, submetidas à radioterapia, acompanhadas pelo Hospital Luxemburgo, em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, e 60 cuidadores, sendo divididos em dois grupos denominados caso e controle. O grupo caso era composto de 30 mulheres e seus respectivos cuidadores, que participaram do programa de medicina anti-estresse (PMAE). O grupo controle não participou da terapêutica (30 mulheres e 30 cuidadores). Os participantes completaram um conjunto instrumentos de medida: o questionário socio-demográfico e clínico, o questionário European Organization for Reseach and Treatment of Cancer Qualityof- Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), a Escala da Qualidade de Vida do Cuidador/Familiar Oncológico e o Termômetro de Distress. Foi coletada uma amostra de saliva para medição do cortisol salivar antes e após a realização das técnicas da medicina anti-estresse. Os grupos foram semelhantes em relação ao estado civil, escolaridade, menopausa, altura e peso. As pacientes que participaram do PMAE apresentaram melhora na qualidade de vida (p=0,0004), diminuição do distresse (p>0,0001) e cortisol salivar (p>0,0001). A qualidade de vida dos cuidadores de mulheres com câncer de colo uterino submetidas ... The experience of onco-gynecological disease, provides distress, worries and losses in both patient and the family members, in particular, in that it has the responsibility of providing care. Clinically, there has been an attempt to modify the stress responses of individuals with anti-stress therapies, which focuses on the interactions between mind and body in the mental, social, spiritual and emotional factors directly affecting the health and capacity for self-care and self -awareness. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the mindy-body medicine (MBM) in women with cervical cancer submitted to radiotherapy and their caregivers. The sample consisted of 60 women with cervical cancer submitted to radiotherapy, followed by Luxembourg Hospital in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and 60 caregivers were divided into two groups: case and control. The case group consisted of 30 women and their caregivers who participated of MBM. The control group did not participate in therapy (30 women and 30 caregivers). Participants completed a set of measurement instruments: the socio -demographic and clinical questionnaire, the questionnaire European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality-of- Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), the Quality of Life Scale Caregiver / Family oncology and Distress Thermometer. A saliva sample for measurement of salivary cortisol before and after performing the techniques of MBM was collected. The groups were similar with respect to marital status, education, menopause, height and weight. The patients who participated MBM showed improved quality of life (p=0.0004), decreased distress (p>0.0001) and salivary cortisol (p>0.0001). The quality of life of caregivers of women with cervical cancer submitted to radiotherapy, which did not participate in MBM decreased (p=0.0475) compared to the group case. Caregivers PMAE participants showed decreased distress (p=0.0013) compared to the control group ...

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Ferreira, Ana Paula de Melo. "Avaliação do programa de medicina anti-estresse em mulheres com câncer de colo uterino submetidas à radioterapia /." Botucatu, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/123300.

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Orientador: Paulo Traiman Coorientador: Sara de Pinho Cunha Paiva Banca: Rívia Mara Lamaita Banca: Ricardo dos Reis Banca: Luís Otávio Zanatta Sarian Banca: Anaglória Pontes Resumo: A vivência da doença onco-ginecológica, proporciona sofrimento, preocupações e perdas tanto na paciente como nos membros da sua família, em particular, naquele que tem a responsabilidade da prestação de cuidados. Clinicamente, tem havido uma tentativa de modificar as respostas de estresse dos indivíduos, com terapias anti-estresse, que focam nas interações entre a mente e o corpo nos fatores mentais, sociais, espirituais e emocionais, afetando diretamente a saúde e a capacidade de auto-cuidado e auto-consciência. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a influência do programa de medicina anti-estresse em mulheres com câncer de colo uterino submetidas à radioterapia e em seu cuidador. A amostra foi constituída de 60 mulheres com câncer de colo uterino, submetidas à radioterapia, acompanhadas pelo Hospital Luxemburgo, em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, e 60 cuidadores, sendo divididos em dois grupos denominados caso e controle. O grupo caso era composto de 30 mulheres e seus respectivos cuidadores, que participaram do programa de medicina anti-estresse (PMAE). O grupo controle não participou da terapêutica (30 mulheres e 30 cuidadores). Os participantes completaram um conjunto instrumentos de medida: o questionário socio-demográfico e clínico, o questionário European Organization for Reseach and Treatment of Cancer Qualityof- Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), a Escala da Qualidade de Vida do Cuidador/Familiar Oncológico e o Termômetro de Distress. Foi coletada uma amostra de saliva para medição do cortisol salivar antes e após a realização das técnicas da medicina anti-estresse. Os grupos foram semelhantes em relação ao estado civil, escolaridade, menopausa, altura e peso. As pacientes que participaram do PMAE apresentaram melhora na qualidade de vida (p=0,0004), diminuição do distresse (p>0,0001) e cortisol salivar (p>0,0001). A qualidade de vida dos cuidadores de mulheres com câncer de colo uterino submetidas ... Abstract: The experience of onco-gynecological disease, provides distress, worries and losses in both patient and the family members, in particular, in that it has the responsibility of providing care. Clinically, there has been an attempt to modify the stress responses of individuals with anti-stress therapies, which focuses on the interactions between mind and body in the mental, social, spiritual and emotional factors directly affecting the health and capacity for self-care and self -awareness. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the mindy-body medicine (MBM) in women with cervical cancer submitted to radiotherapy and their caregivers. The sample consisted of 60 women with cervical cancer submitted to radiotherapy, followed by Luxembourg Hospital in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and 60 caregivers were divided into two groups: case and control. The case group consisted of 30 women and their caregivers who participated of MBM. The control group did not participate in therapy (30 women and 30 caregivers). Participants completed a set of measurement instruments: the socio -demographic and clinical questionnaire, the questionnaire European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality-of- Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), the Quality of Life Scale Caregiver / Family oncology and Distress Thermometer. A saliva sample for measurement of salivary cortisol before and after performing the techniques of MBM was collected. The groups were similar with respect to marital status, education, menopause, height and weight. The patients who participated MBM showed improved quality of life (p=0.0004), decreased distress (p>0.0001) and salivary cortisol (p>0.0001). The quality of life of caregivers of women with cervical cancer submitted to radiotherapy, which did not participate in MBM decreased (p=0.0475) compared to the group case. Caregivers PMAE participants showed decreased distress (p=0.0013) compared to the control group ... Doutor

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Elias, Marina Fernanda. "Zona do improviso : uma proposta para o desenvolvimento tecnico poetico do ator-dançarino e para a criação cenica." [s.n.], 2007. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/284646.

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Orientadores: Eusebio Lobo da Silva, Sara Pereira Lopes Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T17:05:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Elias_MarinaFernanda_M.pdf: 1393264 bytes, checksum: b45b1100c2f16ad4983f15813ffd2ed6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 Resumo: Esta pesquisa apresenta um estudo sistemático sobre a improvisação enquanto ferramenta para o processo de criação coletiva nas artes cênicas, e a conseqüente sistematização de um jogo teatral ao qual chamamos Zona do Improviso. Utilizamos como norteadores da investigação dois sistemas com evidentes possibilidades de diálogo e entrelaçamento: o Sistema Effort-Shape, desenvolvido por Rudolf Von Laban, e o exercício do Campo de Visão, desenvolvido pelo Prof. Marcelo Ramos Lazzaratto. A partir do interjogo entre esses dois sistemas e, somando como suporte teórico e prático os estudos sobre jogo e improvisação de Viola Spolin, sistematizamos a Zona do Improviso que nos proporcionou juntamente com os dois citados sistemas, a montagem do espetáculo ¿Alma de Papel¿. Levantamos a hipótese de que a relação de cada intérprete com seu material criativo e espontâneo interfere no seu desenvolvimento técnico poético e na criação cênica em si. O desenvolvimento desta pesquisa se deu a partir da experimentação destes conceitos aplicados a dois tipos de propostas realizadas em laboratórios práticos: um processo pedagógico de sistematização destas idéias (Zona do Improviso) e uma experimentação de criação cênica (Alma de Papel). Participaram dos laboratórios vinte estudantes dos cursos de graduação em Artes Cênicas, Artes Corporais, Artes Plásticas e Música, da Unicam Abstract: This research presents a systematical study about the use of improvisation as a tool for the collective creation in the performing arts, and the consequent systematization of an improvisation game called 'Improvisation Zone¿. As references of this research, we made use of two systems with clear possibility of dialogue and interlacement: the Effort-Shape System developed by Rudolf Von Laban, and the 'Vision Area¿ game, developed by Prof. Marcelo Ramos Lazzaratto. Starting from the 'intergame¿ between theses two systems and guided by the practical and theoretical studies of Viola Spolin, we systematized the 'Improvisation Zone¿, playing a key role in our creation of the play 'Alma de Papel¿. This research enquires the relationship of each interpreter with his own spontaneous and creative material, and how it interferes with his technique and poetic development and in the scenic construction. The development of this research was based on the experimentation of these concepts, applied on two propositions: the pedagogic process of systematization of these ideas ('Improvisation Zone¿) and the experimentation of the scenic construction Mestrado Mestre em Artes

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Lumpkins, Logan, and Craig Wassinger. "Effects of Lower Extremity Aerobic Exercise and Conditioned Pain Modulation on Evoked Shoulder Pain." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/434.

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Background: Emerging evidence suggests that aerobic exercise and conditioned pain modulation may be advocated in treating patients with musculoskeletal pain. The effects of lower extremity aerobic exercise and conditioned pain modulation on evoked shoulder pain are not known. Purpose: To determine the acute effects of lower extremity aerobic exercise and conditioned pain modulation on outcomes of evoked shoulder pain from pain pressure threshold measurements. Study Design: Repeated measures. Methods: Thirty (30) healthy volunteers were tested over the course of two sessions. Session 1 consisted of collecting pain pressure threshold measurements over the infraspinatus before and immediately following a conditioned pain modulation with cool water. Session 2 consisted of collecting pain pressure threshold measurements over the infraspinatus before and immediately following a bout of lower extremity aerobic exercise on a recumbent stepper apparatus. Results: Pain pressure threshold was not significantly influenced by the conditioned pain modulation using cool water (p=0.725). Pain pressure threshold was significantly increased immediately following the lower extremity exercise session (P<0.001). Conclusion: Conditioned pain modulation with cool water did not produce any significant changes in pain pressure threshold. Lower extremity aerobic exercise acutely increased pain pressure threshold in participants with experimentally induced shoulder pain. Physical therapists may consider lower extremity aerobic exercise to produce short-term hypoalgesic effects and facilitate the application of more active interventions.

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Yarbrough, Carolyn. "Electromyography (EMG) Biofeedback Training in Music Performance: Preventing and Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain in Musicians." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/66.

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Musicians are a high-risk occupational group for musculoskeletal disorders. Often manifesting in muscle tension, pain and paresthesia, musculoskeletal disorders can drastically affect comfort, mentality and endurance while performing. This study sought to examine the effects of electromyography (EMG) biofeedback training in reducing musculoskeletal symptoms in music performance. The subjects were university-level violinists and cellists. Over a period of 2-4 weeks, all participants underwent EMG biofeedback training while performing their instrument using audio feedback. No significant results were found, but patterns of decreased muscle tension and increased performance comfort and endurance were observed.

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Amburn, Everett Jackson. "Difference in Quality of Life Between Group and Individual Exercise in a Faith-Based Sample." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3258.

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There is limited data on the quality of life of individuals who exercise in a group versus individuals who exercise alone. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a difference in the quality life between adults who attend an exercise class and those who exercise alone. Using the WHOQOL-BREF, 27 adult females were surveyed in Central California at two Church of Latter Day Saints locations. Ten females were enrolled in a group exercise class while 17 were individual exercisers. The data was analyzed using a t-test for independent samples to determine if there is a significant difference in scores. There was not a significant difference in overall quality of life, environmental domain, and physical domain, but there was a significant difference in the psychological and social domains. Further research is recommended and benefits are detailed.

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Torres, Casadó Guillermo. "Análisis bibliométrico de las publicaciones biomédicas en el periodo 2006-2010 sobre técnicas orientales cuerpo-mente y sus relaciones con el tratamiento y prevención de las enfermedades." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Lleida, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/284219.

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En este estudio bibliométrico se analiza la investigación mundial sobre las técnicas orientales cuerpo-mente (TOCM) a través de los artículos publicados en revistas científicas biomédicas sobre tres disciplinas orientales: yoga, tai chi y qi gong, y tres prácticas o procedimientos: la meditación, los ejercicios respiratorios y la relajación. Se examinaron 2.363 artículos publicados en el periodo 2006-2010. Se estudiaron los indicadores de productividad e impacto científico de las instituciones, países y revistas, y se analizan las áreas temáticas y la colaboración entre autores e instituciones. Se observa un aumento progresivo del interés biomédico por las TOCM fundamentalmente en relación a sus aplicaciones terapéuticas y preventivas. Estados Unidos es el país más destacado en productividad y visibilidad. Harvard Medical School es la institución más productiva. Un gran número de documentos se publicaron en revistas de carácter clínico entre los que destacan los trabajos sobre meditación y yoga. En aquest estudi bibliomètric s'analitza la investigació mundial sobre les tècniques orientals cos-ment (TOCM) a través dels articles publicats en revistes científico biomèdiques sobre tres disciplines orientals: ioga, tai chi i i qi gong, i tres pràctiques o procediments: la meditació, els exercicis respiratoris i la relaxació. Es van examinar 2363 articles publicats durant el període 2006-2010. Es van estudiar els indicadors de productivitat i impacte científic de les institucions, països i revistes, i es van analitzar les àrees temàtiques i la col·laboració entre autors i institucions. S'observa un augment progressiu de l'interès biomèdic per les TOCM fonamentalment en relació a les seves aplicacions terapèutiques i preventives. Estats Units és el país més destacat en productivitat i visibilitat. Harvard Medical School, és la institució més productiva. Un gran número de documents es van publicar en revistes de caràcter clínic entre els que destaquen els treballs sobre meditació i ioga. This bibliometric study analyses the research on oriental mind-body techniques (OMBT) carried out globally through articles published in biomedical journals on three eastern disciplines : yoga , tai chi and qi gong, and three practices or procedures : meditation , breathing exercises and relaxation. 2,363 articles published between 2006-2010 were examined. The indicators of productivity and scientific impact of institutions, countries and journals were studied, and the thematic areas and collaboration between authors and institutions analyzed. A progressive increase in the biomedical interest in the TOCM, primarily in relation to its therapeutic and preventive applications, is observed. The United States is the top country in productivity and visibility. The Harvard Medical School is the most productive institution. A large number of papers were published in journals of a clinical nature, most of which were on meditation and yoga.

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Zagdsuren, Battogtokh. "Effects of Jump Training on Bone Mineral Density in Young Adult Females." TopSCHOLAR®, 2014. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1373.

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Physical activity is critical to bone health. However, not all physical activity has optimum effect on bone health and metabolism. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a short term progressive jumping protocol on bone mineral density in college age Asian females. Sixteen participants aged18-28 years enrolled in the study. Participants were assigned to exercise (n=9) and control (n=8) groups. The exercise group completed a two-legged depth jump from an approximate 20cm stepbench followed immediately by a maximum vertical jump using arm swings for five days per week for two weeks. Each depth jump and vertical jump was performed ten times during each session. The exercise intervention progressed from one session per day to three sessions per day in ten days. The bone mineral density (BMD) by dualenergy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), ground reaction force (GRF), bone specific physical activity questionnaire (BPAQ), and dietary log were administered to the participants pre- and post-intervention. The data were analysed using a dependent t-test and one-way repeated measures. There were no significant changes noted in BMD value in the study. The past BPAQ showed significant correlation to BMD change of left hip (p<0.01) in exercise group. The vertical GRF showed significant increase (p<0.05) in exercise group. It can be concluded from the study that intensity of the progressive jumping was intense enough to stimulate some changes in the bone metabolism.

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Salmoirago, Blotcher Elena. "A Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Treatment of Anxiety in ICD Patients: Feasibility and Baseline Findings: A Dissertation." eScholarship@UMMS, 2010. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_diss/506.

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Background. Primary and secondary prevention trials have shown that implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) reduce the risk of cardiac death, but concerns have been raised regarding the psychological well-being of ICD patients. Anxiety can affect a significant proportion of these patients, but there is limited information about prevalence and determinants of anxiety after the implementation of the more recent guidelines for ICD implantation. Several behavioral interventions have been effective in improving anxiety in these patients, however the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) has not been investigated in ICD patients, and there is limited information regarding the characteristics of pre-intervention, “dispositional” mindfulness in patients with cardiovascular disease never exposed to mindfulness training. The aims of this dissertation project were: 1) To determine the feasibility of a randomized clinical trial of a phone-administered, mindfulness-based training program, as measured by recruitment and retention rates, treatment adherence and fidelity; 2) To evaluate the current baseline prevalence and determinants of anxiety in the study population and 3) To describe the correlates of dispositional mindfulness in the study population. Methods. The study was conducted at the Electrophysiology Service at the UMass Memorial Medical Center. All consecutive patients who recently underwent an ICD procedure or received ICD shocks were screened for eligibility to participate in a pilot randomized controlled trial in which an eight session, phone-delivered, weekly MBI was compared to a usual care condition. Assessments were performed at baseline and post-intervention. A cross-sectional design was used for aims 2 and 3. Anxiety was assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; a shortened version of the Five Facets of Mindfulness questionnaire was used to evaluate mindfulness. Results. Thirty patients (21 M, 9 F; mean age 63.1 ±10.3 years) were enrolled in the study. The methods ultimately adopted to screen, recruit, and retain study participants were feasible to conduct and satisfactory to ICD outpatients, and the study intervention was safe. Phone delivery resulted in excellent retention rates and limited costs. Assessments of treatment fidelity showed that the content of the intervention was delivered as intended in almost 100% of cases. The study findings do not show a decrease in the overall prevalence of anxiety in ICD patients compared with earlier cohorts; anxiety was associated with young age, low socio-economic status and previous psychological morbidity, but not with ICD-related factors including prior shock delivery. Finally, baseline mindfulness was most strongly associated with previous psychological morbidity (in particular, depression), and current anxiety symptoms. Conclusion. Psychological morbidity appears to be the major determinant of anxiety in the patients currently enrolled in the study. Dispositional mindfulness is inversely associated with current anxiety and depression and with prior psychological morbidity, supporting the hypothesis of a modulating role of mindfulness on the processing of negative emotions. A phone-delivered, individual MBI is feasible, acceptable to patients and can be adequately delivered by trained instructors. The findings from this dissertation work support the need for larger clinical trials of MBI in ICD patients.

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Crow, Courtney Lynn. "The effects of massage on perceived physical soreness, pain and markers of inflammation following high intensity unaccustomed exercise." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2015. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1476.

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Massage is often recommended to athletes to facilitate recovery and attenuate DOMS. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of massage on perceived muscle soreness and pain, inflammatory and immune markers, ROM, and mood state. Fourteen, recreationally active, women participated in a randomized crossover design study, consisting of 1) 60 min. full body massage following unaccustomed exercise and 2) 60 min. of rest. following unaccustomed exercise. Perceived muscle soreness and pain, active range of motion (ROM), mood state, along with blood concentrations of interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), creatine kinase (CK), and neutrophil count (NC), was assessed at baseline, 4hrs, and 24hrs following both treatment and control conditions. The aims of this study were 1) to decrease the effects of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), and increase time to recover, and 2) to investigate the effect of massage vs. passive rest on inflammatory and immune markers within the blood. We hypothesized 1) an increase in ROM, a decrease in perceived physical soreness and perceived physical pain, as a result of the massage, compared to control, and 2) a decrease in blood plasma inflammatory markers, CRP, NC, CK, and IL-6, as a result of the massage, compared to control. We found massage following exercise to 1) significantly decreased perceived pain (p=0.001), 2) significantly increased immune iv markers (WBC (p=0.012) and NC (p=0.012)), and 3) significantly decreased ROM (p=0.02), compared to control. Massage had no impact on inflammatory markers (IL-6, CRP, and CK), or mood.

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Purdy, Allison Renee. "The Effects of Yoga Therapy on the Quality of Life for a Paraplegic Individual." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/342.

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The purpose of this study was to document the effects that a regular yoga therapy practice has on the quality of life for a paraplegic individual. Due to the unique nature of spinal cord injury (SCI), this was a case study with one participant. For 5 weeks the subject practiced a standardized yoga routine three times a week with a yoga teacher, receiving private instruction. Interview questions were asked before and after the intervention to document the participant's quality of life. Each week, the subject completed a modified SF-36 questionnaire as well as Cohen's Perceived Stress Survey. Perceived pain and perceived stress were the two primary variables monitored in the study. The results of this study demonstrated a slight reduction in perceived stress, a reduction in perceived pain, and an improvement in overall quality of life. Additionally, the subject increased her strength significantly from the beginning to the end of the study. Based on the findings in this study, it appears that a regular adapted yoga routine is beneficial for paraplegic individuals.

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Kavanagh, Rebecca. "A portfolio of academic, therapeutic practice and research work: including a qualitative study exploring women's experiences of Alopecia following chemotherapy treatment and the use of integrated mind and body therapeutic interventions when they have had a diagnosis of breast cancer." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.582818.

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This portfolio contains work which was submitted as part of the practitioner Doctorate (PsychD) in psychotherapeutic and counselling psychology at the University of Surrey. It comprises of three dossiers which reflect the three aspects of the training course; academic, therapeutic and research works. The academic dossier contains two essays. The first an essay focusing on how the understanding of attachment experiences is important to the practice of psychodynamic psychotherapy, and counselling psychology. The second essay presents the implications of homework assignments for the process and therapeutic relationship within a cognitive behavioural framework. The therapeutic dossier reflects years two and three of the training course and contains brief placement descriptions of my psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural clinical placements. The dossier also contains a final clinical paper which includes reflections of my personal and professional training in counselling psychology across a period of SlX years. The research dossier contains three pieces of work completed over the last three years of training. The first a literature review which explores the psychological impact of hair loss on self image and identity in women who have experienced chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. It offers a discussion on how psychotherapeutic interventions which leave out the body and touch could be incorporated with touch therapies namely massage to provide a more holistic intervention for individuals with this chronic illness which may implicate the body. The second is a research project exploring women's experiences of hair loss as a result of treatment for breast cancer and their use of mind and body interventions. This was a qualitative project using Interpretative phenomenological analysis. The third piece of work is also a qualitative research project focusing on how psychotherapists of varying orientations and who have chronic health condition manage their own health status when working psychotherapeutically with clients.

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McMahon, Sarah Caitlin. "Containers:An Exploration of Self Through Pixel and Thread." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1524491293446776.

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Harrison, Helen. "What is potency? : exploring practitioners' experiences of the phenomenon of potency in osteopathy in the cranial field. A research project submitted in partial requirement of the degree of Master of Osteopathy, Unitec Institute of Technology [i.e. Unitec New Zealand] /." Diss., 2009. http://www.coda.ac.nz/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=unitec_hs_di.

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Leung, Yvonne W. "A multi-method study of the prevalence, correlates and perceived effects of mind-body therapies in acute coronary syndrome patients /." 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR32006.

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Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2007. Graduate Programme in Kinesiology and Health Science. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-112). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR32006

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Damant, Bev. "The body speaks: psychogenic infertility, femininity and life scripts." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1430.

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D. Litt. et Phil. Psychogenic infertility is both a medically and psychologically complex issue for women who have tried for several years to have a baby. Irrespective of etiology, infertility may be a very intense and stressful experience for both partners, affecting their relationship, sexuality, self-esteem, body image and identity. The ‘not knowing’ of psychogenic infertility creates uncertainty and anxiety, and may represent a crisis for many women. Conceiving and raising a child has social and cultural meaning that may precipitate a sense of loss about her female identity if she is not able to have a baby. The study’s exploration of psychogenic infertility entails four aspects: - an investigation of both the overt and covert attitudes of psychogenically infertile women towards dimensions of the feminine role, and an assessment of this quantitative analysis to determine which of the feminine role factors are significant - an analysis of the twenty-one case studies to investigate the life scripts of each woman and how these relate to: her femininity and her acceptance of her feminine role; her sense of motherhood and her motherliness; her own mother-daughter relationship; and to her psychogenic infertility. - a narrative exploration with one woman which incorporates these significant factors together with elements of her life scripts, using an integrated scripts, psychodynamic and narrative approach for the analysis - a storied account of the narrative exploration with one psychogenically infertile woman, in an effort to explore the relationship between femininity and life scripts in the psychogenesis of unexplained female infertility, and to investigate the possible therapeutic value of a therapeutic intervention for women experiencing unexplained infertility, specifically an intervention that would integrate: exploration of life scripts, psychodynamic understanding and narrative re-storying of her infertility. Therapeutic intervention for women experiencing infertility is often focused on the stress experienced and on cognitive-behavioural ways of living with the distress. Literature to date does not indicate a therapeutic framework based on an approach that integrates elements of life scripts, psychodynamic, and narrative therapies to explore how scripts about femininity and motherhood may be unknowingly preventing the women from identifying with her female role of conceiving a baby.

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Wu, Shih-Juan, and 吳世專. "The Research of Qi, Body, Mind, and Spirit." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20484925337186290125.

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碩士 遠東科技大學 行銷與流通管理系碩士班 103 The purpose of the paper is to provide people another way, which is more effective, easier, and without any side effect, to solve their physical, mental, and spiritual problems – called Qi2 or Qigong of innateness and natural. Qigong can heal illness, improve life quality and change lifetime attitudes, which may create personal value and further social peace. Qigong, energy medicine, and spiritual healing have been proved in lots of documents and records in ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, at all times and in all countries. In different from these, the researcher of the paper, who invented a brand new Qigong and has been working with it for few decades, is going to publicize Qi from a new concept of natural medicine. Also, Qigong has been proved that it can solve physical, mental, and spiritual problems effectively for these decades and is illustrated in detail in the paper. The researcher designs a questionnaire by using Case-design Method, which is recognized by most qualitative researchers, and picks 30 representatives in different sex, ages, and academic qualifications to fill it. In different point of view, they state how they feel Qi and its effectiveness, while the researcher states the positive influences in their physical, mental, and spiritual aspect after learning Qigong. The paper not only lets people know and learn Qigong, but propose a brand new concept Qi, which may known by people but do not know what it is called, to scholars and experts in each professional field. They may complete and strengthen the research of Qi in the future, and it may improve human’s life in the world.

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Shoop, Else Maléne. "Exploring how four master body psychotherapists came to adopt body psychotherapy and how they approach their practice." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1938.

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Elements of heuristic inquiry and interpretive interactionism were used to investigate how four master body psychotherapists came to adopt body psychotherapy and how they approach their practice, with the underlying purpose of re-examining the notion of credibility. Co-participants were purposefully selected from four body psychotherapy models: Bodynamics, Hakomi, Somatic Experiencing ® (SE) and Integrative Body Psychotherapy (IBP). Each co-participant described the experience of a transformative epiphany, either major or cumulative, that compelled her to adopt body psychotherapy as a way of practice. The analysis of the metatheme "approach to practice" was informed by Lang and Taylor's (2000) concept of artistry in practice and Jarvis's (1999) concept of the practitioner researcher. Co-participants blended the art and science of psychotherapy in their approach to practice, and acknowledged the critical role that scientific research plays as body psychotherapy continues to establish its credibility and legitimacy within the broader domain of psychotherapy.

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Finneran, Sunshine Elizabeth. "Trauma and the body a survey examining the use of therapeutic touch in psychotherapy : a project based upon an independent investigation /." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/9861.

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Langenbach, Marie-Luise. "Tiefenpsychologische Körpertherapie subjektive Veränderungen im psychischen und körperlichen Erleben von Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmern während und nach einer dreijährigen Therapiegruppe : eine empirische Untersuchung /." 1998. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/41013279.html.

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"Dejian mind-body intervention: effects on mood and physical health." Thesis, 2008. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6074613.

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Background. A sizable amount of individuals in the community are presented with various kinds of physical and mental health problems which are either undetected, untreated or inadequately treated, due to the limitations on the availability and accessibility of the services in the existing health care system, or to other social and personal reasons. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a newly developed modality of health-enhancing treatment---the Mindfulness-based Dejian Mind-Body Intervention, as compared to that of a Group Psychoeducational Treatment, in alleviating depressive mood and improving physical health of adult individuals in the community. Conclusions. Findings of the current study suggest that compared with the Group Psychoeducational Treatment, Dejian Mind-Body Intervention might be more effective in enhancing the emotional and physical health of community individuals presented with moderate to severe depressive mood and/or problems with bowel functioning. Method. Forty adult volunteers with various degree of depressive mood and physical problems who expressed interest in receiving either Dejian Mind-Body Intervention or Group Psychoeducational Treatment were recruited in the current study. They were matched for gender, age, education and level of depression, and were randomly assigned to either treatment group. Results. Both the Dejian Mind-Body Intervention and Group Psychoeducation Treatment were effective in bringing about a significant reduction in depressive mood iv among treatment completers. However, differential effectiveness emerged among those presented with moderate to severe depressive mood, where Dejian Mind-Body Intervention resulted in significantly greater treatment-related reduction in depressive mood compared with the Group Psychoeducational Treatment. Besides, Dejian Mind-Body Intervention brought about significant increase in an objective QEEG measure of positive affect, and improvements in physical health (i.e., bowel functioning) that were not evidenced in the Group Psychoeducation Treatment. Tsui, Jin Ching. Adviser: Agnes S.Y. Chan. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-06, Section: B, page: 3799. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-68). Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. Abstracts in English and Chinese. School code: 1307.

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Nicotra, Tara. "The experience of social workers who use Thought Field Therapy or Emotional Freedom Technique a project based upon an independent investigation /." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/9922.

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Laidlaw, Tannis Marilyn. "Hypnosis, hypersensitivity and mood: some interactions between mind and body." 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/3139.

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Hypnosis has been used as a treatment modality to change physiological functioning almost since it was discovered. Particularly, it has been used in the treatment of psychosomatic illnesses. A series of studies was planned to explore the use of hypnosis within the context of recent advances in the field of psychoneuroimmunology. Type I hypersensitivity reactions were chosen as indicators of immunological functioning in allergy. Study One: This study using modern methodology and statistical analyses set out to test the hypothesis that it was possible to decrease reactions to histamine by hypnotic suggestion. Five subjects, all asthmatic and untrained in hypnosis, were given three hypnotic sessions where they were asked to control their reactions to histamine. These sessions were to be compared to three baseline sessions. A decrease in reactions was noted on the second administration of histamine calling into question studies that relied on a two session comparison. On subsequent sessions much unexplained variance was encountered, with the day upon which the sessions took place contributing significant amounts of the variance, giving rise to questions about what could cause these day to day changes. Study Two: Given the results of Study One, a method was subsequently devised in which serial, five-fold dilutions of allergen or histamine were administered to the subject's forearm with a standard Osterballe-type prick lancetter and reactions were recorded photographically on slide film. Areas were determined by computer-assisted image analysis. Seven healthy volunteers were tested for 8 sessions (testing included Profile of Moods Scale and Brief Mood Rating questionnaires, blood pressure, pulse and skin temperature). Mean wheal size and titration gradient data from allergen reactions correlated strongly with the psychological factor of liveliness but not irritability, although no manipulation of mood was involved. A stepwise regression analysis accounted for 61% of the variance of the allergen data, and 31% was from the liveliness factor alone. Thus, the more lively the subject felt, the smaller was the allergic response. The third study looked at a sample of 117 adult New Zealand subjects who volunteered to be tested with the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility (Form A). 38 of these people also were tested on a second test used to assess hypnotisability, the Creative Imagination Scale. Results indicated that the CIS can be administered with a minimum of preamble negating the value of special "think-with" instructions. It appears from the evidence in this study that both the CIS and the HGSHS:A measure characteristics that are stable over the years since the tests were first published. Reassuringly, they both can be used throughout the adult age group, with neither age nor sex testing differentially. The means and standard deviations were found to be similar to those of university aged students from various countries and cultures around the world over the years. The two hypnotisability tests were found to be correlated with each other but on a factor analysis each loaded separately giving evidence that the two tests are assessing different but related abilities. Study Four was an intervention study using 38 subjects who participated in a control session and cognitive-hypnotic intervention session that used the skin test methodology developed in Study Two. When the results of the two sessions were compared, significant decreases were found in the size of the wheals after skin testing with allergen or histamine. The hypnotic method employed in this study used three specific procedures that appear to have contributed to the high success rate: challenge to the assumption that the subject has 'no imagination', self-generated scenes and the entire process had the seriousness removed so there was little or no fear of failure. Again, the significance of mood variables was considerable in ameliorating the skin test responses, and hypnotisability was a significant factor in predicting success at being able to use the intervention. Overall, these four studies have revealed that hypnosis can be used to change at least one aspect of physiological functioning, reactivity to skin tests. Mood variables have emerged as important mediators, with implications that mood should be assessed whenever physiological variables are being measured.

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Siong, Khoo Chui, and 丘. 子. "SELF-NARRATIVE RESEARCH OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEXUALITY AND MIND-BODY EXPLORATORY COURSE." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/b2zn9g.

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碩士 樹德科技大學 人類性學研究所 107 This study uses "self-narrative" as the research method and based on researcher (her) self experienced. Backed with 18 years of experienced, she has been in the body-mind-spirit field, through standing in the third party perspective, she initiates dialogue with the past, scrutinizing the "subjects of study " in a multi-layered and multi-dimensional perspective. She sorts out the truth of the context and clarity in her life, and draws the inspiration understanding of "sexual desire (lust)" of a woman. The source of life has yet to be discovered. It reflects on how her conscious concept of "body, emotions, thoughts and awareness'', is confining herself in her life. Pursuing 2 years of “master degree in a study on sexuality” has helped her to broaden her horizon on “gender awareness”and the “perspective of human nature”, which ushered in many internal enlightenment. Further two years of mind settling and integration after the course has made her well grounded and more diligent searching while moving forward with greater courage, breaking new sparks and insights and redefining herself along the way. Every human is unique. Through this "self-narrative" study, she is also looking forward to playing a role in inspiring others. There will be more similar personal "transformation studies of erotic narratives" in the future, to encourage women to be self-contained. The cause of “intimacy relationships” between both gender , can only be softened after self-purification and "self-completeness".

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"Dejian mind-body intervention for patients with depression: a randomized controlled trial." 2012. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5549440.

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背景: 近代不少西方的實證心理治療方法都開始採納東方源來已久的身心治療，來醫治常見的情緒病，例如：抑鬱症，效果最為顯著。這個發展趨勢正好回應現存醫療制度及資源的限制，或其他社會文化及個人所造成的障礙。本研究旨在檢視一種促進身心健康的中國禪宗身心治療方法－以「德建身心療法」對比於「認知行為治療法」及「等候對照組」，在治療一羣抑鬱症患者的抑鬱情緒、腦功能的改善及其身体健康等的療效。 研究方法: 在一個精神科門診部內，研究員召集了75 名成人的抑鬱症患者。他們都是有不同程度的抑鬱情緒或身體健康問題，同時有興趣參加為期十節的「德建身心療法」或「認知行為治療法」。在對照基本資料後 (如年齡、學歷、抑鬱程度，初患或復發) ，他們被隨機分派到「德建身心療法」、「認知行為治療法」或「等候對照組」中。治療前及治療後，抑鬱症患者都會接受情緒、腦功能、健康狀況及腦電波的評估。 結果: 整體而言，相對於「等候對照組」，「德建身心療法」及「認知行為治療」更有效地減低患者的抑鬱症狀。此外，「德建身心療法」更帶來一些其他組別所末見的療效；包括有效地提昇患者的專注力、記憶、執行功能、腸道功能及睡眠質素。再者、研究亦發現「德建身心療法」的參加者，在有關正面情緒和專注力的兩個客觀量化腦電波(QEEG)指數上有顯著的攀升。意外地，在短短的十星期後「德建身心療法」參加者使用抗抑鬱药的份量亦有效地減少。 總結: 本研究的結果顯示中國的禪宗身心治療方法－「德建身心療法」在治療抑鬱症患者的情緒捆纏、腦功能失衡、睡眠及腸道功能、提升正面情緒及專注力的量化腦電波指數都有明顯的功效。 BACKGROUND: There are growing interests and encouraging findings of adapting and developing Mind-Body Intervention into evidence-based group treatment for common mental disorders such as depression. The advancement is a partial response to the limitations on the availability and accessibility of the existing treatment in the current health care system for depression, and/or a partial response to the socio-cultural and personal reasons in different communities. The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a newly developed Chinese Chan-based treatment the Dejian Mind-Body Intervention (DMBI), as compared to the groups of Cognitive-behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Wait-list control, in alleviating depressive mood and improving physical health of adult depressive patients. METHOD: Seventy-five patients with the diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder were recruited in the current study. They were stratified for age, education, level of depression, course of illness before random assignment to receive either 10-session DMBI or CBT, or placed on a wait-list. Pre-post measurements included primary outcome measures on psychiatrists’ rating and self-evaluated mood scores (HRSD and BDI) and secondary outcome measures on performance in different neuropsychological assessment (Executive function, Attention, Memory). The three groups also compared among different sleep (SOL, TST, and WASO), gastrointestinal parameters as well as neurophysiological QEEG indices. RESULTS: Both the DMBI and CBT groups demonstrated significant reduction in depressive psychopathology after intervention. However, the DMBI group but not the CBT or Wait-list control groups demonstrated significant improvement in attention, verbal memory, executive function, gastrointestinal health and overall sleep quality. Besides, Dejian Mind-Body Intervention brought about significant increase in objective QEEG measures of positive affect and attention that were not evidenced in the other two groups. Participants in the DMBI group also demonstrated significant reduction in the use of anti-depressant after the end of 10-week treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Findings of the current study suggested that a Chinese Chan-based Dejian mind-body intervention has positive effects on improving the mood and health conditions of individuals with depression. Detailed summary in vernacular field only. Detailed summary in vernacular field only. Detailed summary in vernacular field only. Detailed summary in vernacular field only. Wong, Yun Ping. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-109). Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. Abstract also in Chinese; some appendixes also in Chinese. ABSTRACT --- p.iii CHINESE ABSTRACT --- p.v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.vii TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.ix LIST OF TABLES --- p.x LIST OF FIGURES --- p.xii LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.xiii LIST OF FIGURES --- p.xii Chapter CHAPTER I: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 PURPOSES OF THE PRESENT STUDY --- p.26 Chapter CHAPTER II: --- METHODS --- p.29 Chapter CHAPTER III: --- RESULTS --- p.47 Chapter CHAPTER IV: --- DISCUSSION --- p.68 GENERAL DISCUSSION --- p.70 CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS --- p.76 LIMITATION AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE DIRECTION --- p.77 REFERENCES --- p.79 TABLES --- p.110 FIGURES --- p.124 APPENDICES --- p.128

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Alder, Suzanne Alvilda, University of Western Sydney, College of Social and Health Sciences, and School of Applied Social and Human Sciences. "Beyond the restitution narrative." 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/22873.

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The term ‘restitution narrative’ describes the hope we all have when illness or accidental impairment befalls us to be returned to a pre-morbid condition of health as soon as possible, and in modern Western society we expect the miracle of restitutions to be mediated by medical science. Medicine is still unable to cure a wide range of illness and disability. For these people the restitution narrative fails. This study attempts to create space between health and illness, the space of the failed patient, within which to explore the iatrogenic and disabling effects on bodies and minds living in a society that has come to expect not to suffer when illness or disability is incurable and chronic. Through the medium of a purpose built website, people who are chronically ill and disabled discussed the ‘wicked issues’ that make lives already challenged unnecessarily difficult. Application of the findings of research in psychobiology is applied to speculate whether health may be worsened by being a failed patient in a culture for which health has become the ultimate good. Ideas of social fuzziology are brought into play to help imagine ways in which the dualities of health and illness, normal and abnormal, are broken down and the normalizing ideologies of medicine resisted. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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Cheng, Chaowen, and 鄭昭雯. "The Ethics Of Doctor-Patient Relationship At The Terminal Stage Of Cancer : An Exploration Of Philosophical Implications In Body–Mind-Spirit Therapies." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10043524601391265190.

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碩士 華梵大學 哲學系碩士班 100 ABSTRACT Cancer is a disease of civilization usually found in countries with the social development and technological progress. This disease, which replaced an infectious disease and chronic disease, has been the first leading cause of death in Taiwan for 29 years. According to an analysis on factors of causing cancers in recent years, extrinsic carcinogenic factors include a poor diet, an irregular pattern of work and rest, genetic inheritance, environmental pollution and lack of exercise habits; intrinsic carcinogenic factors include numerous negative emotions and stress which might cause precancerous lesions. The purpose of this study is that terminal cancer patients could choose alternative spiritual therapies other than traditional medical treatments through the body-mind-spirit therapies promoted by Dr. Tien-Sheng Hsu. In the first part, the paper explores the ethics of doctor-patient relationship and medical professionals’ concerns for terminal cancer patients, and then explores philosophical implications in diseases and body-mind-spirit therapies interpreted by Dr. Tien-Sheng Hsu. In the second part, the paper explores the doctor-patient ethical relationship and philosophical implications in body-mind-spirit therapies through Tao Psychotherapy and Logotherapy created by Viktor Emil Frankl, and integrated criticisms and ethical values of body-mind-spirit therapies to approve the effect of these therapies on the whole body, mind and spirit of human beings. Although the body-mind-spirit therapy emphasizes on the “spiritual” treatment, the paper focuses on its philosophical implications instead of its religious meanings. Terminal cancer patients seem to experience life challenges at the final stage of life. If these patients actually accept their illness and use the body-mind-spirit therapies to take care of their mind, so that they are willing to change their attitude, strengthen their positive thinking and overcome their fears, they could gradually restore to sound health or have good quality of life and die with dignity at the terminal stage of life. Key words: Cancer, the terminal stage of cancer, the ethics of doctor-patient relationship, body-mind-spirit therapy, Dr. Tien-Sheng Hsu, Viktor Emil Frankl

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Shun-Sheng, Chen, and 陳順聲. "The valuation causes the research of risk and insurance of the mind and body obstacle." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02500475732438968346.

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碩士 樹德科技大學 金融保險研究所 93 The standpoint that manage the economic security for the risk，the connotation that inquire into the disabled insurance the programming，announces insurance current conditions of the disabled，and then provides to promote the disabled the proper and advertent principle and items of the programming，to provide the reform to develop the reference of my country disabled social welfare﹒ This research aims at the insurance for the analysis of the mind and body obstacle，insuring the important item of the insurance to the disabled through Life Insurance，Accident Insurance，Health Insurance，Annuity Insurance，basically in addition to the disabled part of the its body，the rest pit protects the homework procedureses and should is similar to normal person﹒ In other words，the life insurance company while making the dangerous valuation to the quasi-insured of the mind and body obstacle，its pit protects the position in response to with generally normal person’s homology，and adhere to generally normally person’s pit to protect the rule，to the body condition of the insured，the dangerous degree of the occupation content worked on，personal or family of financial standing etc. factor give the valuation，to check and ratify the adequacy of stand as guarantor the condition﹒

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Scalora, Suza Catherine. "Investigating a Spirituality Mind-Body Intervention for Enhanced and Healthier Perception in an Undergraduate Population: An Open-Trial Pilot Study." Thesis, 2021. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-0pkv-p547.

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Increasing prevalence and severity of undergraduate psychopathology, combined with heightened burden on college campus counseling centers and the potential for sustained distress and self-harm, has necessitated comprehensive, vertically integrated on-campus mental health services. Initiatives include preventive interventions that: 1) foster resilience and adaptive coping, 2) ameliorate sub-threshold symptoms of pathology as secondary prevention, and 3) foster well-being and meaningful student experiences for greater fulfillment and thriving. A growing body of supportive data has led to some expansion of mental health and wellness services on college campuses, including the use of spiritually integrated mind-body practices to promote well-being. While college campuses’ wellness initiatives show promise, structured spiritual-mind-body (SMB) interventions have yet to be formally tested in either open or controlled clinical trials. The primary aim of this open-trial pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an eight-session SMB-integrated wellness intervention, Awakened Awareness for Adolescents (AA-A), adapted specifically for late adolescent (ages 18 - 25) college students from Awakened Awareness for adults (AA) to support spiritual development and individuation. A secondary aim was to obtain preliminary data on changes in undergraduate students’ mental health and spiritual well-being across the AA-A intervention. Participants consisted of 77 non-clinically-referred undergraduates aged 18 - 24, who attended an average of M = 5.75 (SD = 1.42) out of the eight sessions. Measures included common psychopathology symptoms, spiritual well-being, psychological, and psychosocial variables using validated self-report assessments. Additionally, we explored the effect of spiritual well-being variables’ change scores as predictors of post-AA-A psychopathology symptom scores, controlling for pretest symptom scores. Differential effects between participants with high and low baseline depression symptoms were examined on outcome measures. Preliminary findings support the feasibility and acceptability of the AA-A intervention for college student’s mental health and spiritual well-being. Results include significant reductions in depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms, and significant improvements in numerous spiritual well-being, psychological, and psychosocial variables. Further, a recovery process from high rates of PTS symptomatology and spiritual decline may be initiated by SMB interventions that foster enhanced spiritual perception and build awareness of personal and relational spirituality.

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SU, HSIA-YI, and 蘇夏儀. "An Action Research of the Integration between Body Mind Spirit Courses and Travel Industry—A Case Study of the “Conscious Body” Platform." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5z95pk.

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碩士 國立聯合大學 創設產碩專班 106 Taiwan's high acceptance of foreign cultures has been one of the rare phenomena of the people’s character of the world. A high degree of cultural acceptance has created a strong sense of Taiwan's overall unique culture, so as the “melting pot” of the United States. Taiwan has also developed a trend toward some specific cultures in recent years. Those are the cases of the rising popularity of cycling, camping, triathlon, marathon and hand-brewed coffee that have attracted worldwide attention. Furthermore, courses related to body mind spirit have also flourished, particularly since 2012 when many types of physical and mental growth movements have started on the island. Those general popularization of systematization, academicization, peripheral product-oriented, software-based, realistic media and tourism have been mushrooming ever since. 　　This study is focused to investigate the body mind spirit curriculum in Taiwan as the research object, trying to explore the relationship between physical and mental growth courses and the benefits of tourism, starting with my own brand—“Conscious Body” as the platform of accordance. Through actual planning and implementation of courses combined with tourism, it is to understand the brand positioning of Taiwan's industry like this; by exploring different courses and the design of it, analyzing on its advantages as well as disadvantages through the business level, then pop up with tactics suggestion. Taiwan's body mind spirit industry has a high degree of cultural acceptance and community network management advantages; the tourism industry, on the other hand, it also offers advantage views of people who are interested in having a short-term foreign trip. For those cons parts, the sources of both physical and spiritual courses in Taiwan are mostly imported from abroad for the time being. It takes time to be localized and to developed awareness, focused core customers who need to be cultivated. The degree of reliability also needs time to be proven. Taiwan's domestic tourism industry has not yet developed enough highlights to attract a large number of international tourists. As a result, psychic and spiritual industries continue to be imported from abroad and the tourism population keeps exporting to foreign countries. This situation has caused a threat to Taiwan's traditional culture that is gradually been cut off. This article proposes to combine the body mind spirit curriculum in Taiwan with the two major tourism industries to develop a unique "learning journey" ---in addition to reflect the characteristics of people who like to travel, it also offers an access to some relevant special skills that can be applied in their own lives. This is set to be the initial goal. The ultimate goal is to reverse the flow of industrial funds. With this experience, we can develop a unique learning journey in Taiwan so that a large number of international tourists come to Taiwan to visit more than just sightseeing but to study in depth the Chinese culture in the hope of creating a spiritual body together with the tourism industry, opening a new level of juncture.

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Yu-Hsin, Chen, and 陳育歆. "The narrative research to explore the effect of aromatherapy introductory course on participants’s body,mind and life." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/74038749277293330714.

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碩士 國立臺北護理健康大學 生死教育與輔導研究所 102 This study is conducted using the narrative researchto explore the effect of aromatherapy introductory course on participants’s body,mind and life. Aromatherapy introductory course, throughguidance, experience, sharing, etc., allows participants to observe their own problems and achieve the goal of physical and psychological healing . The purpose of this study are threefold: (1) explore the physical effect of aromatherapy introductory course participants(2) explore the psychological effect of aromatherapy introductory course participants (3) explore the effect brought in life of aromatherapy introductory course participants. The course, led by researchers conducting this study, is six weeks long with a total of eight students participating. In the end, three out of the eight participants are being selected for in-depth interviews to recollect their physical and mental experience and showhow the course has influenced theirbody, mind and life. The narrative research, through in-depth interviews,collation and analysis of the text, has obtained the following results : 1.The physical experience and influence with aromatherapy introductory course participants presented the following phenomena: the tightness and fatigue of the body is gradually relaxed; know how to listen and respect the body; found a way to relax the body; know how to observe the physical symptoms connected to the inner mind;help special groups to improve their physical condition, help family and friends solve physical discomfort. 2.The psychological experience and influence with aromatherapy introductory course participants showed the following phenomena: aroma helps to discover the true affection and self; essential oil connects the inner mind, remind people to face their own problems,safe atmosphere in a group, encourage participantsto open up ourselves to receive healing; aroma relaxes their emotion, find happiness, face themselves, accept themselves, regain their own freedom;improve the physical and mental discomfort caused by work stress, open up themselves, learn to accept, provide enthusiasm and motivation, have the courage to move forward, live in the moment. 3.Life experience and influence with aromatherapy introductory course participants showed the following phenomena: social interaction: found like-minded, pure friendship, become friends and family’s therapist; family interaction: aromatherapy turned into the language of love, re- surface on the original family problems; work status: have better life via "slow living" pace, expand the learning to love, help those who need help, complete the long-abandoned work, find the passion in life and momentum. Conclusion of this study:the aromatherapy course and the body's inner healing power are linked in an effective way towards healing. Finally, this study aims at "people learning aromatherapy", "workers performing aromatherapy" and "future research " to provide recommendations.

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