title: [Chronic back ache--a psychosociobiological illness].
abstract: Chronic back pain is one of the eight most important symptoms of mankind in several lifetime prevalence studies. In the chronification process, an utmost important role is devoted to psychosocial influences, whereas structural abnormalities normally do not have a primal function in this process. The author also includes the discussion of the possibilities for the generalist to influence early the chronification process with the aim to keep the patient in his/her working environment.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitätspoliklinik, Inselspital, Bern.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Laederach-Hofmann
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation
vernacular_title: Chronische Rückenschmerzen--eine psychosoziobiologische Krankheit.