Fear of movement/(re)injury in chronic low back pain: Education or exposure in vivo as mediator to fear reduction?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-17

  De Jong, Jeroen R ^a   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a,b,c   Onghena, Patrick ^d   Goossens, Mariëlle E J B ^b,c   Geilen, Mario ^e   Mulder, Herman ^e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e Rehabilitation Centre Hoensbroeck   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Education; Exposure in vivo; Low back pain; Pain related fear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MOVEMENT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPOSURE IN VIVO; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEAR; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 10944269000     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200501000-00002     Document Type: Article

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