Psychological treatments for chronic low back pain: Past, present and beyond

Pain Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-40

  Roelofs, Jeffrey ^a   Boissevain, Michael D ^b   Peters, Madelon L ^a   De Jong, Jeroen R ^c   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b University Hospital Maastricht ^*  (Canada)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; FEAR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345686617     PISSN: 09681302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0968130202pr187ra     Document Type: Review

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