Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 69, Issue 3 , Pages 299-304 , September 2010

Qigong for the treatment of tinnitus: A prospectiverandomized controlled study

  • Eberhard Biesinger

      Affiliations

    • ENT-Clinic and Otolaryngology Department of Klinikum Traunstein, Traunstein, Germany
    • ,
  • Ulrike Kipman

      Affiliations

    • UT SPSS Statistics, A-5400 Hallein, Austria
    • ,
  • Susanne Schätz

      Affiliations

    • Qigong intructor, Traunstein-Surberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Berthold Langguth

      Affiliations

    • Department for Psychiatry, Psychosomatic and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 84, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 941 9412099; fax: +49 941 9412025.

Received 13 February 2010 ,Revised 22 April 2010 ,Accepted 27 April 2010.

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PII: S0022-3999(10)00210-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.04.013

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 69, Issue 3 , Pages 299-304 , September 2010

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