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Beneficial effect of laughter therapy on physiological and psychological function in elders

AIM: In the present study we investigated the effect of laughter therapy on physiological and psychological function in older people. DESIGN: An open‐label trial. METHODS: Seventeen older people who regularly attended an elderly day care centre were recruited. Stand‐up comedy as laughter therapy was...

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Autores principales: Yoshikawa, Yuki, Ohmaki, Etsuko, Kawahata, Hirohisa, Maekawa, Yoshihiro, Ogihara, Toshio, Morishita, Ryuichi, Aoki, Motokuni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6279721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30534398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.190