Twenty-five years with the biopsychosocial model of low back pain - Is it time to celebrate? A report from the twelfth international forum for primary care research on low back pain

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2118-2123

  Pincus, Tamar ^a   Kent, Peter ^b   Bronfort, Gert ^c,d   Loisel, Patrick ^e,f   Pransky, Glenn ^g,h,i   Hartvigsen, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^g LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

back pain; biopsychosocial model; clinical practice; clinical research; international conference; pain related disability; return to work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL; COMPENSATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LAW; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84888131759     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182a8c5d6     Document Type: Article

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