Adjustment to chronic low back pain - The relative influence of fear-avoidance beliefs, catastrophizing, and appraisals of control

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 761-774

  Woby, Steve R ^a,b   Watson, Paul J ^c   Roach, Neil K ^a   Urmston, Martin ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Appraisals of control; Catastrophizing; Chronic low back pain; Fear avoidance beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442644228     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00195-5     Document Type: Article

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