How important are back pain beliefs and expectations for satisfactory recovery from back pain?

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-217

  Main, Chris J ^a   Foster, Nadine ^a   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

back pain; consulting; health care professionals; pain perception; patient beliefs expectations; secondary prevention; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSULTATION; DISABILITY; DISASTER; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPECTATION; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MEMORY; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SELF CONCEPT;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 77949323287     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2009.12.012     Document Type: Review

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