The role of fear-avoidance beliefs in acute low back pain: Relationships with current and future disability and work status

Pain

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-15

  Fritz, Julie M ^a   George, Steven Z ^a   Delitto, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear avoidance beliefs; Low back pain; Screening; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; WORK DISABILITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0034813252     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(01)00333-5     Document Type: Article

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