Do psychological factors predict outcome in both low-back pain and shoulder pain?

Annals of Rheumatic Diseases 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 Read article: http://www.mdlinx.com/OrthoLinx/xml-article.cfm/1794720.

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