Background Beliefs about the body and pain play a powerful role in behavioural and
emotional responses to musculoskeletal pain. What a person believes and how they …

In this article, we provide an evidence-based review of pain beliefs and their influence on
pain perception and response to treatment. We examine the nature of pain perception and …

Previous mass media campaigns have aimed to influence how people manage back pain,
with mixed success. Campaigns should target beliefs which are related to the behaviours …

Patient beliefs play an important role in the development of back pain and disability, as well
as subsequent recovery. Community beliefs about the back and back pain which are …

Purpose. Little is known about physiotherapists' pain beliefs and whether they influence
behavior within therapeutic encounters with patients. This qualitative study explored …

Physical and psychosocial disability in patients with chronic pain have been shown to be
associated with patients' pain-related beliefs, tendency to catastrophize, and pain coping …

According to the cognitive-behavioral model of chronic pain, patient beliefs about their
chronic pain influence their behavioral and psychological functioning. Previous correlational …

Cognitive–behavioural therapy and maintenance of exercise have emerged as major tools
in the treatment of patients with chronic low back pain. Patients' beliefs about their problem …

It is well established that the biomedical model falls short in explaining chronic
musculoskeletal pain. Although many musculoskeletal therapists have moved on in their …

Cognitive theories of appraisal argue for the importance of beliefs as determinants of
adjustment to stress. The current investigation sought to examine the relation between …