Identification of patients with chronic low back pain who might benefit from additional psychological assessment

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-31

  Apeldoorn, Adri T ^a   Bosselaar, Henk ^b   Ostelo, Raymond W ^a   Blom Luberti, Tanja ^b   Van Der Ploeg, Tjeerd ^b   Fritz, Julie M ^c   De Vet, Henrica C W ^a   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Pain behavior; Prospective cohort; Psychological assessment; Secondary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84856299214     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31822019d0     Document Type: Article

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