Cognitive assessment of musculoskeletal pain with a newly validated Greek version of the Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ)

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-351

  Georgoudis, George ^a,b   Papathanasiou, George ^b   Spiropoulos, Panagiotis ^b   Katsoulakis, Kostantinos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

FABQ; Greek; Pain; Questionnaire; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR AVOIDANCE BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846781629     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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