How to explain central sensitization to patients with 'unexplained' chronic musculoskeletal pain: Practice guidelines

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 413-418

  Nijs, Jo ^a,b,c   Paul van Wilgen, C ^e   Van Oosterwijck, Jessica ^a,b,c   van Ittersum, Miriam ^d,e   Meeus, Mira ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^c University Hospital   (Belgium)

^d HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Fibromyalgia; Low back pain; Osteoarthritis; Sensitization; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 80052028394     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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