Reduction of pain-related fear and increased function and participation in work-related upper extremity pain (WRUEP): Effects of exposure in vivo

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2109-2118

  De Jong, Jeroen R ^a   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^b,c   Van Eijsden, Marjon ^a   Loo, Christoph ^a   Onghena, Patrick ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioural treatment; Graded exposure in vivo; Pain related fear; Work related upper extremity pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WORK RELATED UPPER EXTREMITY PAIN;

ADULT; CATASTROPHIZATION; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866432954     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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