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Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 29-35 , 15 December 2009

Active avoidance but not activity pacing is associated with disability in fibromyalgia

  • Petra A. Karsdorp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 43 3881249; fax: +31 43 3884155.
    • ,
  • Johan W.S. Vlaeyen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Received 22 April 2009 ,Revised 18 June 2009 ,Accepted 15 July 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00404-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.07.019

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