title: [Laughter therapy for chronic skeletal muscular pain].
abstract: The authors explain the effects introducing workshops for laughter therapy and relaxation to a unit dedicated to therapeutic education and functional rehabilitation; the authors test to see if the application of this therapy helps to decrease pain, to improve mobility and to reduce an altered emotional state, such as anxiety-depression, common among chronic pain patients.
authors.affiliation: Institut Catala de la Salut, Barcelona. bdelafuentem.bcn.ics@gencat.net
authors.forename: María B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: De La Fuente Mochales
authors.forename: M Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: González Cascante
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D027641:Laughter Therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management