Validation of the French Version of the Fear Avoidance Belief Questionnaire

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Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 908-913

  Chaory, Karl ^a   Fayad, Fouad ^a   Rannou, François ^a   Lefèvre Colau, Marie Martine ^a   Fermanian, Jacques ^b   Revel, Michel ^a,c   Poiraudeau, Serge ^a,c,d  

^a Universite Rene Descartes ^*  (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Serv Reeduc/Readapt Appareil L   (France)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Belief; Fear; Low back pain; Outcome measure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEAR AVOIDACE BELIEF QUESTIONNAIRE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK CAPACITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEAR; FRANCE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1842589981     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200404150-00018     Document Type: Article

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