Emotional numbing and pain intensity predict the development of pain disability up to one year after lateral thoracotomy

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 870-878

  Katz, Joel ^a,b,c   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^d   McRae, Karen ^a,c   Halket, Eileen ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic post surgical pain; Emotional numbing; Pain disability; Post traumatic stress disorder symptoms; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX CANCER;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANESTHESIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 67949098702     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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