The Journal of Pain
Volume 6, Issue 9 , Pages 588-603 , September 2005

Individually Tailored Treatment Targeting Activity, Motor Behavior, and Cognition Reduces Pain–Related Disability: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Patients With Musculoskeletal Pain

  • Pernilla Åsenlöf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences/Section of Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Pernilla Åsenlöf, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences/ Section of Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala Science Park, S-751 83 Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Eva Denison

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences/Section of Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala
    • Department of Caring and Public Health Sciences, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden
    • ,
  • Per Lindberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences/Section of Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala

Received 31 January 2005 ,Revised 21 March 2005 ,Accepted 24 March 2005.

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 Supported by the Swedish Research Council and the Section for the Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care and Research, Uppsala County Council.

PII: S1526-5900(05)00575-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2005.03.008

The Journal of Pain
Volume 6, Issue 9 , Pages 588-603 , September 2005

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