Multidimensional pain profiles in four cases of chronic non-specific axial low back pain: An examination of the limitations of contemporary classification systems

Manual Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 138-147

  Rabey, Martin ^a   Beales, Darren ^a   Slater, Helen ^a   O'Sullivan, Peter ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Biopsychosocial; Classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD SENSITIVITY; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEART PALPITATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSORY EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; WEIGHT BEARING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLASSIFICATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 84920268623     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2014.07.015     Document Type: Article

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