Health locus of control beliefs and psychological distress as predictors for treatment outcome in low-back pain patients: results of a 3-month follow-up of a controlled intervention study

Pain

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 35-41

  Härkäpää, Kristiina ^a   Järvikoski, Aila ^a   Mellin, Guy ^a   Hurri, Heikki ^a   Luoma, Jarmo ^a  

^a Rehabilitation Foundation Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Compliance; Locus of control; Low back pain; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025845098     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(91)90031-R     Document Type: Article

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