Perceived Injustice Helps Explain the Association Between Chronic Pain Stigma and Movement-Evoked Pain in Adults with Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain

• Published in: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) Vol. 21; no. 11; pp. 3161 - 3171
• Main Authors: Penn, Terence M, Overstreet, Demario S, Aroke, Edwin N, Rumble, Deanna D, Sims, Andrew M, Kehrer, Caroline V, Michl, Ava N, Hasan, Fariha N, Quinn, Tammie L, Long, D Leann, Trost, Zina, Morris, Matthew C, Goodin, Burel R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Back pain; Catastrophization; Chronic Pain; Disability Evaluation; General & Selected Populations Section; Health aspects; Humans; Injustice; Low Back Pain; Pain Measurement; Pain perception; Psychological aspects; Risk factors; Self-perception; Spine; Stigma; Stigma (Social psychology); United States; Perceived Injustice; Chronic Low Back Pain; Stigma

Abstract Objective For most patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP), the cause is “nonspecific,” meaning there is no clear association between pain and identifiable pathology of the spine or associated tissues. Laypersons and providers alike are less inclined to help, feel less sympathy, dislike...