National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Relaxation Therapy

Synonyms

Relaxation Therapy

Definitions

A therapeutic regimen in which the patient is guided by the therapist into alternate relaxation and flexing of muscles throughout the body as a method of pain control. It is related to guided imagery and distraction and attention therapies.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15316

code

C15316

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118169

Contributing_Source

CTRP

DEFINITION

A therapeutic regimen in which the patient is guided by the therapist into alternate relaxation and flexing of muscles throughout the body as a method of pain control. It is related to guided imagery and distraction and attention therapies.

Display_Name

Relaxation Therapy

FULL_SYN

Relaxation Therapy

label

Relaxation Therapy

Legacy Concept Name

Relaxation_Therapy

Preferred_Name

Relaxation Therapy

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C15316

Semantic_Type

Mental Process

UMLS_CUI

C0282333

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15436

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