<b>Correlation between cognitive pain perception and functional performance level in</b><b>Patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: a cross-sectional study</b>

Background: However, the prevalence of chronic low back pain is high; the relation between pain perceptionand poor functional performance among these patients is still unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to investigatethe relation between cognitive awareness and functional performance in patients with chronic low back pain.Methods: 120 patients were enrolled in the study as one group. All patients were diagnosed with chronicnonspecific low back pain (CNLBP) and their mean Age was 32.43 ± 5.77 years. The Visual Analog Scale was usedto assess pain intensity, fair avoidance and believe questionnaire was used to assess the social and behavioralaspects of the subject and Oswestry disability index was used to assess the functional performance level.