Psychosocial factors in low back pain: letting go of our misconceptions can help management

Mary O'Keeffe^{1

2}, Steven Z George³, Peter B O'Sullivan^{4

5}, Kieran O'Sullivan^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁴ Health Sciences Division, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁵ Body Logic Physiotherapy, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁶ Sports Spine Centre, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
⁷ School of Allied Health, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.

Editorial

Mary O'Keeffe et al. Br J Sports Med. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;53(13):793-794.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099816. Epub 2018 Aug 28.

Mary O'Keeffe^{1

2}, Steven Z George³, Peter B O'Sullivan^{4

5}, Kieran O'Sullivan^{6

7}

¹ Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁴ Health Sciences Division, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁵ Body Logic Physiotherapy, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁶ Sports Spine Centre, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
⁷ School of Allied Health, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.

No abstract available

Keywords: lower back; psychology.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: KOS serves in a voluntary capacity as Senior Associate Editor of BJSM.