The prevalence and cost of chronic pain is a major physical and mental health care problem
in the United States today. As a result, there has been a recent explosion of research on …

As the biopsychosocial model of health has become increasingly understood, it has become
clear that there are complex, interdependent relationships between the physical and …

Background Non‐specific chronic low back pain disorders have been proven resistant to
change, and there is still a lack of clear evidence for one specific treatment intervention …

The physiotherapy, manual therapy and medical professions have long focused on trying to
find the magic 'technique','muscle','injection'or 'surgical technique'required to solve the …

Many psychological factors have been suggested to be important obstacles to recovery from
low back pain, yet most studies focus on a limited number of factors. We compared a more …

Although pediatric functional abdominal pain (FAP) has been linked to abdominal pain later
in life, childhood predictors of long-term outcomes have not been identified. This study …

The aims of the current study were twofold. First, the factor structure, reliability (ie, internal
consistency), and validity (ie, concurrent criterion validity) of the Tampa Scale for …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: For patients with low back pain, fear-avoidance beliefs (FABs)
represent cognitions and emotions that underpin concerns and fears about the potential for …

We describe the illness perceptions of patients with low back pain, how they change over 6
months, and their associations with clinical outcome. Consecutive patients consulting eight …

Background The model of fear avoidance proposes that fear of movement in back pain
patients is an obstacle to recovery and leads over time to increased disability. Therefore …