Rob Smeets

Low back pain: a call for action

Rachelle Buchbinder, Maurits W. van Tulder, Birgitta Öberg et al. · The Lancet · 2018 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Physical Medicine +10

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 · 629 citations

Medicine, Psychology, Rehabilitation Medicine +12

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 · 390 citations

Medicine, Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine +11

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

Christopher G. Maher, James H. McAuley, Mark J. Hancock et al. · European Journal of Pain · 2010 · 308 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychology, Rehabilitation Medicine +8

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 · 290 citations

Medicine, Behavioral Sciences, Rehabilitation Medicine +16