Cortisol awakening response and pain-related fear-avoidance versus endurance in patients six months after lumbar disc surgery

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-130

  Sudhaus, Sigrid ^a   Möllenberg, Thomas ^a   Plaas, Heike ^a   Willburger, Roland ^b   Schmieder, Kirsten ^c   Hasenbring, Monika ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b St Elisabeth Hospital Bochum   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; Endurance response pattern; Fear avoidance response pattern; Lumbar disc surgery; Pain

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACK; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISABILITY; ENDURANCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863817180     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-012-9186-1     Document Type: Article

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