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      Progressive Muscle Relaxation

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      Journal: Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
      Publisher: The Haworth Press

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          Effectiveness of dynamic muscle training, relaxation training, or ordinary activity for chronic neck pain: randomised controlled trial.

          Jukka Uitti, Antti Malmivaara, Marjo Rinne … (2003)
          To determine the effectiveness of dynamic muscle training and relaxation training for chronic neck pain. Randomised controlled trial. Five occupational healthcare centres, Tampere, Finland. 393 female office workers (mean age 45 years) with chronic non-specific neck pain randomly assigned to 12 weeks of dynamic muscle training (n = 135) or relaxation training (n = 128), plus one week of reinforcement training six months after baseline; or ordinary activity (control group; n = 130). Change in intensity of neck pain at three, six, and 12 months. No significant difference was found in neck pain between the groups at follow up. However, the range of motion for cervical rotation and lateral flexion increased more in the training groups than in the control group. Dynamic muscle training and relaxation training do not lead to better improvements in neck pain compared with ordinary activity.
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            Efficacy of abbreviated progressive muscle relaxation training: a quantitative review of behavioral medicine research.

            R H Hoyle, John Carlson (1993)
            A quantitative review was undertaken of recent research in which abbreviated progressive muscle relaxation training (APRT) was used as an intervention for psychophysiological and stress-related disorders. The strength of association between APRT and outcome measures was calculated for 29 experiments published after 1980. The average effect size across all experiments was moderate (r = .40). Moreover, for experiments that included a follow-up assessment, a similar effect size was noted at the first follow-up (r = .43). Additionally, experiments that used a prospective design (i.e., analyzed change) detected a stronger effect for APRT than those that used a cross-sectional design (i.e., compared groups). APRT was most strongly associated with improvement in experiments that delivered APRT on an individual basis and provided recipients with training tapes. Moreover, the treatment duration and number of sessions positively influenced the strength of association.
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              Relaxation and imagery for anxiety and depression control in community patients with advanced cancer.

              Rod Sloman (2002)
              A community-based nursing study was conducted in Sydney, Australia, to compare the effects of progressive muscle relaxation and guided imagery on anxiety, depression, and quality of life in people with advanced cancer. In this study, 56 people with advanced cancer who were experiencing anxiety and depression were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 treatment conditions: (1) progressive muscle relaxation training, (2) guided imagery training, (3) both of these treatments, and (4) control group. Subjects were tested before and after learning muscle relaxation and guided imagery techniques for anxiety, depression, and quality of life using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale and the Functional Living Index-Cancer scale. There was no significant improvement for anxiety; however, significant positive changes occurred for depression and quality of life.
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                Title: Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
                Abbreviated Title: Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
                Publisher: The Haworth Press
                ISSN (Print): 1091-1359
                ISSN (Electronic): 1540-3556
                Publication date Created: July 13 2006
                Publication date (Print): July 13 2006
                Volume: 13
                Issue: 3
                Pages: 51-66
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                DOI: 10.1300/J137v13n03_04
                SO-VID: f259bd3b-21c3-404f-ac4d-92375a8b49b9
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