Fear-avoidance and its consequences in chronic musculoskeletal pain: a state of the art
@article{Vlaeyen2000FearavoidanceAI,
title={Fear-avoidance and its consequences in chronic musculoskeletal pain: a state of the art},
author={Johan W. S. Vlaeyen and Steven James Linton},
journal={Pain},
year={2000},
volume={85},
pages={317-332}
}
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