Mind-body interventions: Applications in neurology

Mind-body interventions: applications in neurology.

OBJECTIVE Half of the adults in the United States use complementary and alternative medicine with mind-body therapy being the most commonly used form. Neurology patients often turn to their physicians for insight into the effectiveness of the therapies and resources to integrate them into their care. The objective of this article is to give a clinical overview of mind-body interventions and the...

Mind-Body Interventions

Applications of Electrical Impedance Tomography in Neurology

Introduction: Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive technique utilized in various medical applications, including brain imaging and other neurological diseases. Recognizing the physiological and anatomical characteristics of organs based on their electrical properties is one of the main applications of EIT, as each variety of tissue structure has its own electrical characteris...

Scientific Basis of Mind-Body Interventions

1 Neuropsychiatric Rehabilitation Laboratory, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 2 Centre on Behavioral Health, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 3 Center for Integrative Medicine, The University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA 4Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospi...

Psychoneuroimmunology. Part II: Mind-body interventions.

PNI provides the scientific foundation of several integrative therapies. PNI interventions or mind-body therapies can be categorized into four general mechanisms: sensory, cognitive, expressive, and physical. Some therapies are used in combination, and others incorporate more than one mechanism. Although PNI is limited as a purely biomedical framework, it is a valuable frame of reference becaus...