Using Intake and Change in Multiple Psychosocial Measures to Predict Functional Status Outcomes in People With Lumbar Spine Syndromes: A Preliminary Analysis
Author(s) -
Dennis L. Hart,
Mark W. Werneke,
Daniel Deutscher,
Steven Z. George,
Paul W. Stratford,
Jerome E. Mioduski
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20100377
Subject(s) - psychosocial , somatization , lumbar spine , affect (linguistics) , psychology , clinical psychology , low back pain , depression (economics) , physical therapy , medicine , anxiety , psychiatry , alternative medicine , communication , surgery , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Managing patients with lumbar spine syndromes who are seeking outpatient physical therapy represents a complex problem where psychosocial constructs such as fear-avoidance beliefs regarding physical activities or work activities, somatization, and depressive symptoms may affect functional status (FS) outcomes.
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