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Volume 145, Issue 1 , Pages 45-51 , September 2009

A prospective sequential analysis of the fear-avoidance model of pain

  • Timothy H. Wideman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1
    • ,
  • Heather Adams

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G1A4
    • ,
  • Michael J.L. Sullivan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 514 398 5677; fax: +1 514 343 4896.

Received 4 September 2008 ,Revised 20 April 2009 ,Accepted 22 April 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00246-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.04.022

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