Fear-avoidance beliefs and pain avoidance in low back pain--translating research into clinical practice

James Rainville, Rob J E M Smeets, Tom Bendix, Torill H Tveito, Serge Poiraudeau, Aage J Indahl

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    Abstract

    For patients with low back pain, fear-avoidance beliefs (FABs) represent cognitions and emotions that underpin concerns and fears about the potential for physical activities to produce pain and further harm to the spine. Excessive FABs result in heightened disability and are an obstacle for recovery from acute, subacute, and chronic low back pain.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftSpine Journal
    Vol/bind11
    Udgave nummer9
    Sider (fra-til)895-903
    Antal sider9
    ISSN1529-9430
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - 2011

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