Negative beliefs about low back pain are associated with persistent high intensity low back pain

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 790-799

  Ng, Sin Ki ^a   Cicuttini, Flavia M ^a   Wang, Yuanyuan ^a   Wluka, Anita E ^a   Fitzgibbon, Bernadette ^a   Urquhart, Donna M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

beliefs; epidemiology; Low back pain; pain intensity; psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84981727313     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2016.1220602     Document Type: Article

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