Assessing fear-avoidance beliefs in patients with cervical radiculopathy

Physiotherapy Research International

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 193-202

  Dedering, Åsa ^a,b   Börjesson, Tina ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cervical radiculopathy; Fear avoidance; Questionnaires; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISABILITY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEAR; FEAR-AVOIDANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDITY;

CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY; FEAR-AVOIDANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CULTURE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADICULOPATHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84890140908     PISSN: 13582267     EISSN: 15206483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pri.1545     Document Type: Article

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