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Avoidance-endurance fast screening (AE-FS)

Content and predictive validity of a 9-item screening instrument for patients with unspecific subacute low back pain

Avoidance-Endurance Fast-Screen (AE-FS)

Inhalts- und Vorhersagevalidität eines 9‑Item-Screeninginstruments für Patienten mit unspezifischen subakuten Rückenschmerzen. Englische Version

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Acknowledgements

This research was made possible by Grant No. HA1684 from the German Research Foundation, which was awarded to the senior author.

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  1. Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, Bochum, Germany

    S. V. Wolff, D. Hallner, A. C. Rusu &  M. I. Hasenbring

  2. Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Katholisches Klinikum Bochum, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    R. Willburger & T. Schulte

  3. Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    H. Rusche

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S.V. Wolff, R. Willburger, D. Hallner, A.C. Rusu, H. Rusche, T. Schulte and M.I. Hasenbring declare that they have no competing interests.

This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors. Information within the manuscript which identify patients were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1975 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual patients.

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Wolff, S.V., Willburger, R., Hallner, D. et al. Avoidance-endurance fast screening (AE-FS). Schmerz 34 (Suppl 1), 1–7 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00482-018-0323-5

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