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Psychological pain responses in athletes and non‐athletes with low back pain: Avoidance and endurance matter

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Dysfunctional psychological pain responses, namely fear‐avoidance (FAR), including catastrophizing and helplessness, as well as endurance‐related responses (ER), including thought suppression and overactivity, have been shown to be risk factors for… Click to show full abstract

Dysfunctional psychological pain responses, namely fear‐avoidance (FAR), including catastrophizing and helplessness, as well as endurance‐related responses (ER), including thought suppression and overactivity, have been shown to be risk factors for persistent low back pain (LBP). Literature suggests that athletes may differ from non‐athletes regarding psychological responses to pain.

Keywords: back pain; psychological pain; non athletes; low back; pain; pain responses

Journal Title: European Journal of Pain
Year Published: 2019

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