The predictive effect of fear-avoidance beliefs on low back pain among newly qualified health care workers with and without previous low back pain: A prospective cohort study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Jensen, Jette Nygaard ^a   Albertsen, Karen ^a   Borg, Vilhelm ^a   Nabe Nielsen, Kirsten ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKLOAD; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049126240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-117     Document Type: Article

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