Low back pain subgroups using fear-avoidance model measures: Results of a cluster analysis

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 658-666

  Beneciuk, Jason M ^a   Robinson, Michael E ^a   George, Steven Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; fear avoidance model; low back pain; specific fear; subgrouping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEAR AVOIDANCE MODEL; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CATASTROPHIZATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865642514     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31824306ed     Document Type: Article

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