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Chronic Pain References

1.AUTHOR	Gamsa-A.
INSTITUTION	McGill-Montreal General Hospital Pain Centre, Quebec, Canada.
TITLE	The role of psychological factors in chronic pain. I. A half century of study.
SOURCE	Pain 1994 Apr, VOL: 57 (1), P: 5-15, ISSN: 0304-3959 172 Refs.

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2..AUTHOR	Gamsa-A.
INSTITUTION	McGill-Montreal General Hospital Pain Centre, Quebec, Canada.
TITLE	The role of psychological factors in chronic pain. II. A critical appraisal.
SOURCE	Pain 1994 Apr, VOL: 57 (1), P: 17-29, ISSN: 0304-3959 192 Refs.

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3.AUTHOR	Sivik-T-M, Delimar-D.
INSTITUTION	Department of Primary Health Care, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
TITLE	Characteristics of patients who attribute chronic pain to minor injury.
SOURCE	Scand-J-Rehabil-Med 1994 Mar, VOL: 26 (1), P: 27-31, ISSN: 0036-5505.

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4. AUTHOR	Jensen-M-P, Turner-J-A, Romano-J-M, Lawler-B-K.
INSTITUTION	Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (RJ-30), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195.
TITLE	Relationship of pain-specific beliefs to chronic pain adjustment.
SOURCE	Pain 1994 Jun, VOL: 57 (3), P: 301-9, ISSN: 0304-3959.

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5. AUTHOR	Kerns-R-D, Rosenberg-R, Jacob-M-C.
INSTITUTION	West Haven VA Medical Center, Connecticut 06516.
TITLE	Anger expression and chronic pain.
SOURCE	J-Behav-Med 1994 Feb, VOL: 17 (1), P: 57-67, ISSN: 0160-7715.

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6. AUTHOR	Larsson-S-E, Alund-M, Cai-H, Oberg-P-A.
INSTITUTION	Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital, Linkoping, Sweden.
TITLE	Chronic pain after soft-tissue injury of the cervical spine: trapezius muscle blood flow and electromyography at static loads and fatigue.
SOURCE	Pain 1994 May, VOL: 57 (2), P: 173-80, ISSN: 0304-3959.

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7. AUTHOR	Fishbain-D-A, Cutler-R-B, Rosomoff-R-S, Rosomoff-H-L.
INSTITUTION	University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida.
TITLE	The problem-oriented psychiatric examination of the chronic pain patient and its application to the litigation consultation.
SOURCE	Clin-J-Pain 1994 Mar, VOL: 10 (1), P: 28-51, ISSN: 0749-8047 167 Refs.

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8. AUTHOR	Tyre-T-E, Walworth-D-E, Tyre-E-M.
INSTITUTION	Pain Rehabilitation Program, Waukesha Memorial Hospital, WI 53188-5099.
TITLE	The outcome status of chronic pain patients 4 years after multidisciplinary care.
SOURCE	Wis-Med-J 1994 Jan, VOL: 93 (1), P: 9-12, ISSN: 0043-6542.

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9. AUTHOR	Cutler-R-B, Fishbain-D-A, Rosomoff-H-L, Abdel-Moty-E, Khalil-T-M, Rosomoff-R-S.
INSTITUTION	Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami Beach, Florida.
TITLE	Does nonsurgical pain center treatment of chronic pain return patients to work? A review and meta-analysis of the literature.
SOURCE	Spine 1994 Mar 15, VOL: 19 (6), P: 643-52, ISSN: 0362-2436 50 Refs.