Fear of injury predicts self-reported and behavioral impairment in patients with chronic low back pain

Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-181

  Thibodeau, Michel A ^a   Fetzner, Mathew G ^a   Carleton, R Nicholas ^a   Kachur, Shane S ^b   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b Regina Sports and Physiotherapy Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety sensitivity; chronic pain; Fear of injury; fear avoidance; pain related anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHRONIC PAIN; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84873291629     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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