Development and initial validation of a questionnaire for measuring fear-avoidance associated with pain: The fear-avoidance of pain scale

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 3-19

  Crowley, Dominic ^a   Kendall, Nicholas A S ^b  

^a BURWOOD HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Fear avoidance; Measurement; Pain management program; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032882102     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J094v07n03_02     Document Type: Article

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