The relationship between activity and pain in patients 6 months after lumbar disc surgery: Do pain‐related coping modes act as moderator variables?

Hasenbring, Monika Ilona; Plaas, Heike; Fischbein, Benjamin; Willburger, Roland

doi:10.1016/j.ejpain.2005.11.004

The relationship between activity and pain in patients 6 months after lumbar disc surgery: Do pain‐related coping modes act as moderator variables?

Background In LBP patients, the relationship between pain and physical activity remains unclear. Whereas a negative relationship between pain and self‐reported physical activity was found, this relation disappeared in the case of overt behavioral data (e.g., accelerometer). Cognitive‐behavioral m…