Sex differences in pain drawing area for individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 115-121

  George, Steven Z ^a   Bialosky, Joel E ^a   Wittmer, Virgil T ^b   Robinson, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Brooks Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Coping styles; Pain drawing; Personality style; Sex difference; Yellow flags

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947434475     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2007.2399     Document Type: Article

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