Is pain-related fear a predictor of somatosensory hypervigilance in chronic low back pain patients?

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-103

  Peters, Madelon L ^a   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a   Kunnen, Annemarie M W ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Hoensbroeck Centrum voor Arbeidsperspectief   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Chronic low back pain; Hypervigilance; Pain related fear; Primary task paradigm; Somatosensory stimuli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREDICTION; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0036131733     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(01)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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