Open AccessBeliefs about back pain predict the recovery rate over 52 consecutive weeks
Author(s) -
Achim Elfering,
Anne F. Mannion,
Nicola Jacobshagen,
Özgür Tamcan,
Urs Müller
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.1360
Subject(s) - low back pain , back pain , anxiety , pain catastrophizing , workload , psychology , physical therapy , multilevel model , pain tolerance , medicine , chronic pain , threshold of pain , psychiatry , anesthesia , alternative medicine , pathology , machine learning , computer science , operating system
This study examined the course of low-back pain over 52 weeks following current pain at baseline. Initial beliefs about the inevitability of the pain's negative consequences and fear avoidance beliefs were examined as potential risk factors for persistent low-back pain.