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Papers: 23 Feb 2019 - 1 Mar 2019

RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


Human Studies


2019 Jul


Eur J Pain


23


6

Lumbar range of motion in chronic low back pain is predicted by task-specific, but not by general measures of pain-related fear.

Authors

Matheve T, de Baets L, Bogaerts K, Timmermans A
Eur J Pain. 2019 Jul; 23(6):1171-1184.
PMID: 30793429.

Abstract

Most studies fail to show an association between higher levels of pain-related fear and protective movement behavior in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). This may be explained by the fact that only general measures of pain-related fear have been used to examine the association with movement patterns. This study explored whether task-specific, instead of general measures of pain-related fear can predict movement behavior.