Fear-avoidance beliefs and temporal summation of evoked thermal pain influence self-report of disability in patients with chronic low back pain

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-108

  George, Steven Z ^a   Wittmer, Virgil T ^b   Fillingim, Roger B ^a   Robinson, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Brooks Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

And fear avoidance; Experimental pain; Low back pain; Pain perception; Quantitative sensory testing; Temporal summation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLD; COLD TEMPERATURE; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEAT; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 33745437218     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-005-9007-y     Document Type: Article

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