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Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 69-79 , January 2008

Transition from acute to chronic pain and disability: A model including cognitive, affective, and trauma factors

  • Corinna Young Casey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 858 794 9413; fax: +1 858 876 3128.
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  • Melanie A. Greenberg

      Affiliations

    • California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, San Diego, CA, USA
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  • Perry M. Nicassio

      Affiliations

    • Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • R. Edward Harpin

      Affiliations

    • Pain Rehabilitation Services, Sharp Healthcare, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • David Hubbard

      Affiliations

    • MyoLink, LLC, San Diego, CA, USA

Received 17 May 2006 ,Revised 9 March 2007 ,Accepted 26 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.03.032

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