Open AccessDISABILITY, PAIN, PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AND PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE IN HEALTHY CONTROLS, PATIENTS WITH SUB-ACUTE AND CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY
Author(s) -
Jens Ivar Brox,
Kjersti Storheim,
Inger Holm,
Astrid Friis,
Olav Reikerås
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of rehabilitation medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1651-2081
pISSN - 1650-1977
DOI - 10.1080/16501970410017738
Subject(s) - deconditioning , low back pain , medicine , physical therapy , pain catastrophizing , chronic pain , back pain , physical medicine and rehabilitation , alternative medicine , pathology
To compare measures of disability, psychological factors, pain and physical performance in healthy controls, and patients with sub-acute and chronic low back pain. To evaluate the concept of the deconditioning syndrome and to explore factors that may contribute to chronicity.