Disuse and deconditioning in chronic low back pain: Concepts and hypotheses on contributing mechanisms

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-21

  Verbunt, Jeanine A ^a,b   Seelen, Henk A ^a,b   Vlaeyen, Johan W ^c   Van de Heijden, Geert J ^b   Heuts, Peter H ^a,d   Pons, Kees ^a   Knottnerus, J Andre ^d  

^a Adelante Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Deconditioning; Disuse

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CHRONIC PAIN; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; METABOLISM; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037250446     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3801(02)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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