Rob Smeets

Low back pain: a call for action

Rachelle Buchbinder, Maurits W. van Tulder, Birgitta Öberg et al. · The Lancet · 2018 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Health Sciences, Pain Medicine, Chronic Musculoskeletal Condition +8

Reduction of Pain Catastrophizing Mediates the Outcome of Both Physical and Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment in Chronic Low Back Pain

Rob Smeets, Johan W.S. Vlaeyen, Arnold D.M. Kester et al. · Journal of Pain · 2006 · 620 citations

Pain Therapy, Pain Syndrome, Cognitive-behavioral Treatment +13

Exposure in vivo versus operant graded activity in chronic low back pain patients: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Maaike Leeuw, Mariëlle E. J. B. Goossens, Gerard van Breukelen et al. · Pain · 2008 · 386 citations

Pain Therapy, Fearful Clbp Patients, Pain Medicine +19

Self‐efficacy is more important than fear of movement in mediating the relationship between pain and disability in chronic low back pain

Lucíola da Cunha Menezes Costa, Christopher G. Maher, James H. McAuley et al. · European Journal of Pain · 2010 · 302 citations · Full text

Treatment Expectancy and Credibility Are Associated With the Outcome of Both Physical and Cognitive-behavioral Treatment in Chronic Low Back Pain

Rob Smeets, Saskia Beelen, Mariëlle E. J. B. Goossens et al. · Clinical Journal of Pain · 2008 · 287 citations