A Cluster Randomized Trial of Tai Chi vs Health Education in Subsidized Housing: The MI-WiSH Study.

Objectives: Tai Chi (TC) may benefit older adults with a variety of diseases and disabilities. We tested the hypothesis that TC improves physical function in older adults living in low-income housing facilities.

Design: Cluster randomized controlled trial.

Embodied pain in fibromyalgia: Disturbed somatorepresentations and increased plasticity of the body schema.

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a highly prevalent, chronic musculoskeletal condition characterized by widespread pain and evoked pain at tender points. This study evaluated various aspects of body awareness in a sample of 14 women with FMS and 13 healthy controls, such as plasticity of the body schema, body esteem, and interoceptive awareness. To this end, the Rubber Hand Illusion (RHI), the Body Esteem Scale (BES), and the Body Perception Questionnaire (BPQ) were used, respectively.

[Review of scientific evidence on alternatives to methadone in the psychopharmacologic treatment of opiate dependence].

The implementation of the methadone maintenance treatment programs marked a true milestone in the treatment of those opioid-dependent patients who had met with failure in the different treatment alternatives which had existed up until that time. The purpose of this paper is that of reviewing the scientific evidence regarding the advantages and drawbacks involved in the different drug-related alternatives for use in lieu of methadone for opioid-dependent individuals. To pinpoint the clinical tests conducted, searches were run on Medline (1966-1999), the IDIS (Iowa Drug Information System (1985-1999) and the Cochrane Library 1999 clinical testing database (3rd quarter).