Diagnosis and classification of pelvic girdle pain disorders-Part 1: A mechanism based approach within a biopsychosocial framework

Manual Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 86-97

  O'Sullivan, Peter B ^a   Beales, Darren J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Motor control; Pain mechanisms; Pelvic girdle pain; Sacroiliac joint

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTHOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNOWLEDGE; MODULATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PELVIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SACROILIAC JOINT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDITY;

ARTHRALGIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247142337     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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