Disability is an important outcome from a clinical and public health perspective. However, it
is unclear how disability develops in people with low back pain or neck pain. More …

The mechanism or mechanisms involved in the development of pain-related disability in
people with low back pain is unclear. Psychological distress has been identified as one …

Psychologically based interventions aim to improve pain-related functioning by targeting
pain-related fears, cognitions and behaviors. Mediation and moderation analyses permit …

Low back pain remains a major health problem with huge societal cost. Biomedical models
fail to explain the disability seen in response to reported back pain and therefore patients' …

Background Low back pain (LBP) is a common and costly problem that many interpret within
a biopsychosocial model. There is renewed concern that core-sets of outcome measures do …

Background Chronic low back pain is a worldwide burden that is not being abated with our
current knowledge and treatment of the condition. The fear-avoidance model is used to …

Abstract Background Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) is a physiotherapist‐led
individualized intervention for people with people with non‐specific chronic low back pain …

Background: Despite evidence suggesting that coping is an important concept in the study of
pain, its role in predicting the development of disabling pain has not been previously …

To clarify the relationships between physical, and psychosocial components of chronic pain,
a path analytic model was tested conceptualizing self efficacy as a mediator of disability. In …

A higher level of pain self-efficacy has been suggested as a predictor of a better outcome in
patients with musculoskeletal disorders. The Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) is one …