Pain-related fear predicts disability, but not pain severity: A path analytic approach of the fear-avoidance model

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 870.e1-870.e9

  Gheldof, Els L M ^a   Crombez, Geert ^b   Van Den Bussche, Eva ^c   Vinck, Jan ^a   Van Nieuwenhuyse, An ^c,d   Moens, Guido ^c,e   Mairiaux, Philippe ^f   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^c,g  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^e EXTERNAL SERVICE FOR PREVENTION AND PROTECTION AT WORK   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Back pain; Disability; Fear; Fear avoidance model; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

EID: 77956062496     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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