Fear-avoidance and its consequences in chronic musculoskeletal pain: A state of the art

Pain

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-332

  Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a,b   Linton, Steven J ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Chronic pain; Disability; Musculoskeletal pain; Pain related fear

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; FEAR; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEAR; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN;

EID: 0034177466     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00242-0     Document Type: Review

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