Pain-related fear is associated with avoidance of spinal motion during recovery from low back pain

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Thomas, James S ^a   France, Christopher R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Lumbar motion; Pain related fear; Reaching movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEAR; HIP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEAR; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOULDER JOINT; SPINE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 34447504649     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3180bc1f7b     Document Type: Article

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