Fear-avoidance beliefs are associated with disability in older American adults with low back pain

Physical Therapy

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 525-534

  Megan Sions, J ^a   Hicks, Gregory E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958000776     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100131     Document Type: Article

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