Hypervigilance to Pain in Fibromyalgia: The Mediating Role of Pain Intensity and Catastrophic Thinking about Pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-102

  Crombez, Geert ^d   Eccleston, Chris ^a   Den Broeck, Annelies Van ^b   Goubert, Liesbet ^e   Van Houdenhove, Boudewijn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Back pain; Chronic pain; Fibromyalgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; THINKING;

ADULT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0347391837     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200403000-00006     Document Type: Article

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