Clinically meaningful scores on pain catastrophizing before and after multidisciplinary rehabilitation: A prospective study of individuals with subacute pain after whiplash injury

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-190

  Scott, Whitney ^a   Wideman, Timothy H ^a   Sullivan, Michael J L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical interpretation; Pain catastrophizing; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CATASTROPHIZATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ROC CURVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 84894068478     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31828eee6c     Document Type: Article

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