A longitudinal study on the predictive validity of the fear-avoidance model in low back pain

Judith M. Sieben; J.W.S. Vlaeyen; P.J.M. Portegijs; J.A.M.C.F. Verbunt; S. van Riet-Rutgers; A.D.M. Kester; M. von Korff; A.R. Arntz; J.A. Knottnerus

doi:10.1016/j.pain.2005.06.002

A longitudinal study on the predictive validity of the fear-avoidance model in low back pain

Judith M. Sieben^*
, J.W.S. Vlaeyen
, P.J.M. Portegijs
, J.A.M.C.F. Verbunt
, S. van Riet-Rutgers
, A.D.M. Kester
, M. von Korff
, A.R. Arntz
, J.A. Knottnerus

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Recently, fear-avoidance models have been quite influential in understanding the transition from acute to chronic low back pain (LBP). Not only has pain-related fear been found to be associated with disability and increased pain severity, but also treatment focused at reducing pain-related fear has shown to successfully reduce disability levels. In spite of these developments, there is still a lack in well-designed prospective studies examining the role of pain-related fear in acute back pain. The aim of the current study was to prospectively test the assumption that pain-related fear in acute stages successfully predicts future disability. Subjects were primary care acute LBP patients consulting because of a new episode of LBP (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	162-170
Journal	Pain
Volume	117
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2005.06.002
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2005

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