Longitudinal validation of the Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ) in a Swiss-German sample of low back pain patients

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 332-340

  Staerkle, Ralph ^a   Mannion, Anne F ^b   Elfering, Achim ^c   Junge, Astrid ^b   Semmer, Norbert K ^c   Jacobshagen, Nicola ^c   Grob, Dieter ^b   Dvorak, Jiri ^b   Boos, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Cross cultural adaptation; Disability; Fear avoidance beliefs; Prediction; Work loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 4043049492     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-003-0663-3     Document Type: Article

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