Abstract

This paper aims to review what are the most relevant in chronic low back pain psychological factors, describe the theoretical models related to pain and associated techniques or more effective strategies for the management of the pain. To achieve this objective in Chile will review the prevalence of chronic non-cancer pain, back pain epidemiology, specific theoretical models of chronic pain commonly used from which the most relevant psychological factors involved in pain are released. Subsequently, we will review how these factors and the relationship between them, and finally describe the main strategies or evidence-based techniques that allow intervention in these factors behave.