Article
Fear avoidance beliefs limit lumbar spine flexion during object lifting in pain-free adults
2020-04-06
Abstract excerpt
There is a long-held belief that physical activities such as lifting with a flexed spine is generally harmful for the back and can cause low back pain (LBP), potentially nurturing fear avoidance beliefs underlying pain-related fear. In chronic LBP patients, pain-related fear has been shown to be associated with reduced lumbar range of motion during lifting, indicating distinct and probably protective psychomotor r...
Topics
Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.
Identifiers and source
- Literature Corpus work
- 378787f1-1918-5534-88cf-311b2f4bc2e9
- DOI
- 10.1101/2020.04.01.20049999
