Do psychological factors predict outcome in both low-back pain and shoulder pain?
Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, 03/19/2007
Daniëlle A W M van der Windt, et al. - Conclusion: Psychological factors, with the exception of fear-avoidance beliefs, are more strongly associated with persistent pain and disability in patients with LBP than in those with shoulder pain. This seems to indicate that in a primary care population the influence of psychological factors on outcome may vary across patients with different types of pain







