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Mind-Body Medicine for Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review

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Senders, Angela, Wahbeh, Helané, Spain, Rebecca, Shinto, Lynne·2012·Autoimmune Diseases

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Background. Mind-body therapies are used to manage physical and psychological symptoms in many chronic health conditions.Objective. To assess the published evidence for using mind-body techniques for symptom management of multiple sclerosis.Methods. MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Clinical Trials Register were searched from inception to March 24, 2012. Eleven mind-body studies were reviewed (meditation, yoga, biofeedback, hypnosis, relaxation, and imagery).Results. Four high quality trials (yoga, mindfulness, relaxation, and biofeedback) were found helpful for a variety of MS symptoms.Conclusions. The evidence for mind-body medicine in MS is limited, yet mind-body therapies are relatively safe and may provide a nonpharmacological benefit for MS symptoms.

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  • In a recent survey of 1110 people with MS, 32% of those who had used mind-body therapies found them beneficial.

    “in a recent survey of 1110 people with MS, 32% of those who had used mind-body therapies found them to be beneficial.4”

    From Mindfulness in Motion for People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Feasibility Study. (2017) · cites this paper as [4]

    The Introduction reports a survey of 1,110 people with MS and says that 32% of all respondents had used mind-body modalities and reported high perceived benefit. The citing sentence instead makes 32% the proportion among those who had used the therapies; the source does not give that proportion. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • Mind-body therapies such as yoga and meditation may be helpful in promoting health by reducing psychological stress.

    “mind-body therapies such as yoga and meditation may be helpful in promoting health by reducing psychological stress.4”

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Authors
Senders, A., Wahbeh, H., Spain, R., & Shinto, L.
Affiliations
Oregon Health & Science University (US)
Corresponding author
Senders, Angela
Venue
Autoimmune Diseases
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2012
Volume
2012
Pages
1-12
ISSN
  • 2090-0422 (ISSN-L)
  • 2090-0430
OpenAlex
W2150281477
Cited by
58
References
51
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Autoimmune Diseases (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Center for Research Resources (UL1 RR024140, AT002688, K01AT004951)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 RR024140, AT002688, K01AT004951)
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (UL1 RR024140, AT002688, K01AT004951)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
Keywords
multiple sclerosis, mind-body medicine, mind-body interventions, symptom management, yoga, meditation, mindfulness, biofeedback, hypnosis, relaxation, imagery, non-pharmacological treatment

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