Fear Avoidance Beliefs Predict Disability in Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain

PM and R

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 493-497

  Camacho Soto, Alejandra ^a   Sowa, Gwendolyn A ^a   Perera, Subashan ^a   Weiner, Debra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEAR AVOIDANCE BELIEF; FEMALE; GAIT; GENDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; ROLAND MORRIS QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84863865836     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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