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The dominant role of psychosocial risk factors in the development of chronic low back pain disability by Gatchel, R J, Polatin, P B, Mayer, T G

“…An inception cohort design was used in which 421 patients were evaluated systematically with a standard battery of psychosocial assessment tests (Structured…”
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Establishing clinically meaningful severity levels for the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK-13) by Neblett, R., Hartzell, M.M., Mayer, T.G., Bradford, E.M., Gatchel, R.J.

“…Background Kinesiophobia is an excessive, irrational and debilitating fear of physical movement and activity resulting from a feeling of vulnerability to…”
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Psychiatric illness and chronic low-back pain. The mind and the spine--which goes first? by Polatin, P B, Kinney, R K, Gatchel, R J, Lillo, E, Mayer, T G

“…Two hundred chronic low-back pain patients entering a functional restoration program were assessed for current and lifetime psychiatric syndromes using a…”
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Outcomes of disabling cervical spine disorders in compensation injuries: A prospective comparison to tertiary rehabilitation response for chronic lumbar spinal disorders by WRIGHT, A, MAYER, T. G, GATCHEL, R. J

“…A prospective, longitudinal cohort study assessing quantitative socioeconomic outcomes of tertiary rehabilitation for chronically disabled patients with…”
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Spinal range of motion : Accuracy and sources of error with inclinometric measurement by MAYER, T. G, KONDRASKE, G, BEALS, S. B, GATCHEL, R. J

“…A quantitative construct assessing accuracy and component analysis of sources of error rather than reliability coefficients was tested prospectively in human…”
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Psychopathology and the rehabilitation of patients with chronic low back pain disability by Gatchel, R J, Polatin, P B, Mayer, T G, Garcy, P D

“…Recent research has clearly demonstrated the important role that psychopathology and other psychosocial factors can play in chronic low back pain disability…”
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Rehabilitation: what do we do with the chronic patient? by Mayer, T G

“…Neurologists are often called on to see patients who have low back pain presenting with significant chronicity and disabling pain. Even in situations of…”
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Comparison of CT scan muscle measurements and isokinetic trunk strength in postoperative patients by Mayer, T G, Vanharanta, H, Gatchel, R J, Mooney, V, Barnes, D, Judge, L, Smith, S, Terry, A

“…The present study compared the computed tomography (CT) scan muscle area/muscle density and isokinetic trunk strength of a group of spinal surgery patients (35…”
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Lumbar myoelectric spectral analysis for endurance assessment. A comparison of normals with deconditioned patients by Mayer, T G, Kondraske, G, Mooney, V, Carmichael, T W, Butsch, R

“…A myoelectric protocol to objectively discriminate between test subjects based on trunk muscular performance differences (endurance) was investigated in a…”
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Objective assessment of spine function following industrial injury. A prospective study with comparison group and one-year follow-up by Mayer, T G, Gatchel, R J, Kishino, N, Keeley, J, Capra, P, Mayer, H, Barnett, J, Mooney, V

“…Objective functional capacity measurement techniques were used to guide a treatment program for a group of 66 chronic back pain patients. These patients were…”
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Outcomes Comparison of Treatment for Chronic Disabling Work-Related Upper-Extremity Disorders and Spinal Disorders by Mayer, Tom G, Gatchel, Robert J, Polatin, Peter B, Evans, Trent H

“…Since 1986, the percentage of upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders (UEMSDs) has increased from 1% to 4% of all occupational injury claims, while the…”
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A prospective study of Waddell signs in patients with chronic low back pain : When they may not be predictive by POLATIN, P. B, COX, B, GATCHEL, R. J, MAYER, T. G

“…Analysis of the treatment-outcome predictive power of Waddell signs by evaluating them before and after functional restoration, with assessment of 1-year…”
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Early childhood abuse in chronic spinal disorder patients : A major barrier to treatment success by MCMAHON, M. J, GATCHEL, R. J, POLATIN, P. B, MAYER, T. G

“…Prevalence rates of childhood abuse, socioeconomic outcome data, and levels of psychopathology were evaluated for graduates of a functional restoration program…”
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Cognitive predictors of depression in chronic low back pain : Toward an inclusive model by MAXWELL, T. D, GATCHEL, R. J, MAYER, T. G

“…Previous research has linked cognitive distortion, perceived interference with instrumental activities, and self-control to depression in chronic pain…”
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Improved physical performance outcomes after functional restoration treatment in patients with chronic low-back pain. Early versus recent training results by Kohles, S, Barnes, D, Gatchel, R J, Mayer, T G

“…Functional restoration, a medically supervised team treatment approach that addresses deficits that accompany the deconditioning process in patients with…”
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A psychosociomedical prediction model of response to treatment by chronically disabled workers with low-back pain by Polatin, P B, Gatchel, R J, Barnes, D, Mayer, H, Arens, C, Mayer, T G

“…There has been much interest in identifying variables that can predict which individuals are susceptible to developing chronic low-back pain. There currently…”
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Psychosocioeconomic predictors of treatment success/failure in chronic low-back pain patients by Barnes, D, Smith, D, Gatchel, R J, Mayer, T G

“…The present study evaluated various psychosocioeconomic variables in chronic low-back pain (CLBP) patients being treated in a functional restoration…”
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Myoelectric spectral analysis and strategies for quantifying trunk muscular fatigue by Kondraske, G V, Deivanayagam, S, Carmichael, T, Mayer, T G, Mooney, V

“…Objective techniques for assessing trunk musculature with respect to fatigue-related characteristics do not exist. Based on work that relates frequency…”
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Assessment of lumbar function by Mayer, T G

“…There are several problems associated with the conventional assessment of disability in the low back, and none are more disturbing to the clinician than the…”
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Characterization of in vivo-activated allospecific T lymphocytes propagated from human renal allograft biopsies undergoing rejection by Mayer, TG, Fuller, AA, Fuller, TC, Lazarovits, AI, Boyle, LA, Kurnick, JT

“…To evaluate in situ lymphocyte responses in cell-mediated immune tissue injury, we have developed an approach for propagation of human allospecific T…”
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