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Disability and Rehabilitation

ISSN 1464-5165

6 papers in the library · 69 citations · publishing 2003-2026

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“Pain doesn’t control my life, I control it” – a qualitative investigation of the experiences of individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain participating in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program

Disability and Rehabilitation August 26, 2026 Anita B. Amorim, Claire Ashton-James, Talia Barnet-Hepples et al.

Purpose To explore the experiences of individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain who participated in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, focusing on how the program content and mindfulness practices translated into participants’ lives and how it impacted their pain.Materials and methods We conducted a qualitative descriptive study with 10 (7 women; mean age = 46.5 years, SD...

Implementation considerations of key knowledge users for building online mindfulness-based interventions for people with multiple sclerosis.

Disability and Rehabilitation April 16, 2025 Ashvene Sureshkumar, Dorothy Luong, Sarah Munce et al. 1 citation

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) can effectively reduce stress in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Online MBIs address access barriers, but large-scale implementation from the perspectives of key knowledge users remains understudied. This study explored the implementation considerations of PwMS, care partners, MS clinicians and MBI instructors for building online MBIs for PwMS. A...

Pilot study of an online-delivered mindfulness meditation in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS): effect on quality-of-life and participant lived experience.

Disability and Rehabilitation November 1, 2023 Paul Lattimore, Fay Harrison

Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are connective tissue disorders with multi-systemic symptoms. Management of chronic pain and other symptoms of EDS is a challenge for patients and clinicians. Mindfulness-based approaches for chronic pain produce improvement in pain symptoms. Mindfulness meditation could be an acceptable and readily accessible therapy for pain in EDS. This study evaluated the...

Mindfulness-based interventions for people with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-aggregation of qualitative research studies

Disability and Rehabilitation September 9, 2021 Robert Simpson, Sharon Simpson, Marina B. Wasilewski et al. 29 citations

PURPOSE: Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are effective treatments for stress, anxiety, and depression in PwMS. However, low adherence and high attrition may limit effectiveness. Qualitative research can provide important insights into MBI acceptability, accessibility, and implementation. This systematic review and meta-aggregation evaluated qualitative research findings on the use of...

“Effect of pranayama and meditation as an add-on therapy in rehabilitation of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome—a randomized control pilot study”

Disability and Rehabilitation May 24, 2012 Ragupathy Sendhilkumar, Anupam Gupta, Raghuram Nagarathna et al. 39 citations

Objective: To study the add-on effects of pranayama and meditation in rehabilitation of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Patients and Method: This randomized control pilot study was conducted in neurological rehabilitation unit of university tertiary research hospital. Twenty-two GBS patients, who consented for the study and satisfied selection criteria, were randomly assigned to...

Pilot evaluation of a mindfulness-based intervention to improve quality of life among individuals who sustained traumatic brain injuries.

Disability and Rehabilitation July 8, 2003 Michel Bédard, Melissa Felteau, Dwight Mazmanian et al.

To examine the potential efficacy of a mindfulness-based stress reduction approach to improve quality of life in individuals who have suffered traumatic brain injuries. Pre-post design with drop-outs as controls. We recruited individuals with mild to moderate brain injuries, at least 1 year post-injury. We measured their quality of life, psychological status, and function. Results of 10...