Illness perceptions of low back pain patients in primary care: what are they, do they change and are they associated with outcome?

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Published in Pain on March 03, 2008

Authors

Nadine E Foster1, Annette Bishop, Elaine Thomas, Chris Main, Rob Horne, John Weinman, Elaine Hay

Author Affiliations

1: Primary Care Musculoskeletal Research Centre, Primary Care Sciences Building, Keele University, North Staffordshire ST5 5BG, Keele, UK. n.foster@keele.ac.uk

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