Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 267-272 , June 2010

Pain severity and catastrophising modify treatment success in neck pain patients in primary care

  • A.P. Verhagen

      Affiliations

    • Dept of General Practice, Erasmus Medical Centre University, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • C.H. Karels

      Affiliations

    • Dept of General Practice, Erasmus Medical Centre University, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • J.M. Schellingerhout

      Affiliations

    • Dept of General Practice, Erasmus Medical Centre University, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • S.P. Willemsen

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Centre University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • B.W. Koes

      Affiliations

    • Dept of General Practice, Erasmus Medical Centre University, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • S.M.A. Bierma-Zeinstra

      Affiliations

    • Dept of General Practice, Erasmus Medical Centre University, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 23 October 2009 ,Revised 30 December 2009 ,Accepted 11 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2010.01.005

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 3 , Pages 267-272 , June 2010

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