Fear of movement/(re)injury and muscular reactivity in chronic low back pain patients: An experimental investigation

Pain

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-304

  Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a,b,c   Seelen, Henk A M ^a   Peters, Madelon ^b   De Jong, Peter ^b   Aretz, Eveline ^a   Beisiegel, Elles ^a   Weber, Wilhelm E J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Fear of movement (re)injury; Low back pain; Muscular reactivity; Negative affectivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0032795749     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00054-8     Document Type: Article

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