PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 514-520 , June 2010

Anxiety Levels, Fear-avoidance Beliefs, and Disability Levels at Baseline and at 1 Year among Subjects with Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain

  • Karen L. Newcomer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: K.L.N.
    • ,
  • Randy A. Shelerud, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN‡
    • ,
  • Kristin S. Vickers Douglas, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Primary Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN§
    • ,
  • Dirk R. Larson, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • ,
  • Brianna J. Crawford, MA

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN∥

Received 24 June 2009 ,Accepted 31 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.03.034

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