Are tactile acuity and clinical symptoms related to differences in perceived body image in patients with chronic nonspecific lower back pain?

Manual Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 63-67

  Nishigami, Tomohiko ^a   Mibu, Akira ^b   Osumi, Michihiro ^c   Son, Kouki ^b   Yamamoto, Shyogo ^b   Kajiwara, Saori ^b   Tanaka, Katsuyoshi ^b   Matsuya, Ayako ^a   Tanabe, Akihito ^b  

^a KONAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Rehabilitation Tanabe Orthopaedics Clinic   (Japan)

^c KIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body image; Cortical reorganization; Low back pain; Tactile acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CATASTROPHIZING SCALE; PAIN INTENSITY; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO POINT DISCRIMINATION; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TOUCH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TOUCH;

EID: 84920271261     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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