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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Body Awareness Rating Questionnaire – Development of a self-administered questionnaire for patients with long-lasting musculoskeletal and psychosomatic disorders

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Pages 87-94 | Received 12 Sep 2009, Accepted 15 Feb 2010, Published online: 31 May 2010

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