Low back pain, disability and back pain myths in a community sample: Prevalence and interrelationships

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 385-394

  Goubert, Liesbet ^a,b,d   Crombez, Geert ^a,b   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Research Institute for Psychology and Health   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Back pain; Belgium; Beliefs; Disability; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIPAIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BELGIUM; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3042840738     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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