Beliefs underlying pain-related fear and how they evolve: a qualitative investigation in people with chronic back pain and high pain-related fear

OBJECTIVES: The fear-avoidance model describes how the belief that pain is a sign of damage leads to pain-related fear and avoidance. But other beliefs may also trigger the fear and avoidance responses described by the model. Experts have called for the next generation of fear avoidance research to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bunzli, Samantha, Smith, Anne, Schütze, R., O'Sullivan, Peter
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19205