Neural correlates of fear of movement in patients with chronic low back pain versus pain-free individuals

Fear of movement (FOM) can be acquired by a direct aversive experience such as pain or by social learning through observation and instruction. Excessive FOM results in heightened disability and is an obstacle for recovery from acute, subacute, and chronic low back pain (cLBP). FOM has further been i...

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Main Authors: Michael Lukas Meier, Philipp Stämpfli, Andrea Vrana, Barry Kim Humphreys, Erich Seifritz, Sabina Hotz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00386/full