Brain and behavior changes associated with an abbreviated 4‐week mindfulness‐based stress reduction course in back pain patients
Overview
This pilot study investigates whether a four-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) course improves symptoms and neural activity in chronic back pain patients compared to a control group. The research reports that the MBSR group experienced significant reductions in back pain and somatic-affective depression, alongside increased frontal lobe hemodynamic activity related to emotional awareness. The authors suggest this abbreviated format may serve as an accessible complementary intervention, while noting that traditional eight-week courses might be required to observe changes in anxiety and cognitive depression aspects.
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- OpenAlex
- Author
- B. Blair Braden (Barrow Neurological Institute), Teri Pipe (Arizona State University), Ryan Smith (Barrow Neurological Institute), Tyler K. Glaspy (Barrow Neurological Institute), Brandon R. Deatherage (Barrow Neurological Institute), Leslie C. Baxter (Barrow Neurological Institute)
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- 2016-02-16
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- gold
- DOI
- 10.1002/brb3.443
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- 71
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@article{allodium:dffbdaf057364677,
title = {Brain and behavior changes associated with an abbreviated 4‐week mindfulness‐based stress reduction course in back pain patients},
author = {B. Blair Braden and Teri Pipe and Ryan Smith and Tyler K. Glaspy and Brandon R. Deatherage and Leslie C. Baxter},
year = {2016},
journal = {OpenAlex},
doi = {10.1002/brb3.443},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.443}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Brain and behavior changes associated with an abbreviated 4‐week mindfulness‐based stress reduction course in back pain patients AU - Braden, B. Blair AU - Pipe, Teri AU - Smith, Ryan AU - Glaspy, Tyler K. AU - Deatherage, Brandon R. AU - Baxter, Leslie C. PY - 2016 PB - OpenAlex DO - 10.1002/brb3.443 UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.443 ER -
APA
Braden, B. B., Pipe, T., Smith, R., Glaspy, T. K., Deatherage, B. R., & Baxter, L. C. (2016). Brain and behavior changes associated with an abbreviated 4‐week mindfulness‐based stress reduction course in back pain patients. OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.443
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