Beliefs about back pain predict the recovery rate over 52 consecutive weeks

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the course of low-back pain over 52 weeks following current pain at baseline. Initial beliefs about the inevitability of the pain's negative consequences and fear avoidance beliefs were examined as potential risk factors for persistent low-back pain. METHODS: On a weekly basis over a period of one year, 264 participants reported both the intensity and frequency of their low-back pain and the degree to which it impaired their work performance. In a multilevel regression analysis, predictor variables included initial low-back pain intensity, age, gender, body mass index, anxiety/depression, participation in sport, heavy workload, time (1-52 weeks), and scores on the "back beliefs" and "fear-avoidance beliefs" questionnaires. RESULTS: The group mean values for both the intensity and frequency of weekly low-back pain, and the impairment of work performance due to such pain showed a recovery within the first 12 weeks. In a multilevel regression of 9497 weekly measurements, greater weekly low-back pain and impairment were predicted by higher levels of work-related fear avoidance beliefs. A significant interaction between time and the scores on both the work-related fear-avoidance and back beliefs questionnaires indicated faster recovery and pain relief over time in those who reported less fear-avoidance and fewer negative beliefs. CONCLUSIONS: Negative beliefs about the inevitability of adverse consequences of low-back pain and work-related, fear-avoidance beliefs are independent risk factors for poor recovery from low-back pain.

Ms. hebr. oct. 52 - Agadot ve-ḥidushim

Vorbesitzer: Moses Simon Sivitz

Ms. Barth. 52 - Summa Decreti

Vorbesitzer: Bartholomaeusstift Frankfurt am Main;

Probe einer freien Überseetzung des Isais Kap. 52

M.J. L-u.

Zu S. 35-52: Der Prophet Jesaia und der Baum

Bernhard Heller

Zu S. 456-463 [Nachricht] : (Magnet in der jüdischen Literatur) ; zugleich zur Ergänzung meiner Ausführungen über den schwebenden Sarg (MGWJ 1925, 50-52 ; 1926, 271-276)

Bernhard Heller

Ms. Praed. 52 - Quaestiones longae in libros Physicorum Aristotelis

Vorbesitzer: Jodocus Sayler de Eßlinga; Dominikanerkloster Frankfurt am Main

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 80 - Korrespondenzen u.a. mit Marjorie Fiske Lissance (p. II 11, 1-52)

4 Briefe zwischen Frederick Lilge und Max Horkheimer, 1948; 15 Briefe zwischen Marjorie Fiske Lissance und Max Horkheimer, 1947-1948; 2 Brief und Beilage von Max Horkheimer an Harvey J. Locke, 1948; 3 Briefe zwischen Walter Lichtblau-Lohner und Max Horkheimer, 1940-1944; 2 Briefe zwischen Anton Lourie und Max Horkheimer, 17.08.1945, 1.09.1945 sowie 1 Memorandum von Max Horkheimer über ein Gespräch mit Anton Lourie 26.09.1945; 1 Brief von G. L. an George A. Lundberg, 1948; 6 Briefe zwischen Zvi Lurie und Max Horkheimer, 1949; 3 Briefe zwischen Georg Lukács und Max Horkheimer, 07.07.1948, 1948-1949; 1 Brief von Helen Lynd an Max Horkheimer, 1945;