Psychosocial influences on low back pain, disability, and response to treatment

Physical Therapy

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 712-721

  Hill, Jonathan C ^a   Fritz, Julie M ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT;

DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 79960951900     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100280     Document Type: Article

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