Natalie Kunz

Effectiveness of focused meditation for patients with chronic low back pain-A randomized controlled clinical trial.

Complementary Therapies in Medicine June 2016 Andreas Michalsen, Natalie Kunz, Michael Jeitler et al.

We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an 8-week meditation program (focused meditation) in patients with chronic low-back pain. A randomized clinical trial was conducted on 68 patients (55 years;75% female) with chronic low-back pain who scored >40mm on a 100mm Visual-Analogue-Scale. Subjects were allocated to an 8-week meditation program (focused meditation) with weekly 75min classes or to...