The fear-avoidance model of chronic pain: further thoughts on the process of validating a causal model

Pain. 2006 Apr;121(3):173-174. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.01.002. Epub 2006 Mar 2.

Authors

Charles L Ward¹, Beverly E Thorn

Affiliation

¹ Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404, USA Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA.

PMID: 16513274
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.01.002

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Publication types

Comment
Editorial

MeSH terms

Anxiety Disorders / etiology
Anxiety Disorders / psychology*
Avoidance Learning / physiology
Chronic Disease / psychology
Depressive Disorder / etiology
Depressive Disorder / psychology
Disability Evaluation
Fear / physiology
Humans
Models, Neurological
Pain / complications
Pain / psychology*
Pain Measurement / methods
Pain Measurement / standards*
Reproducibility of Results