Nearly 20 years ago, the Fear Avoidance Model (FAM) was advanced to explain the
development and persistence of disabling back pain. The model has since inspired …

Research studies focusing on the fear-avoidance model have expanded considerably since
the review by Vlaeyen and Linton (Vlaeyen JWS & Linton, SJ (2000). Fear-avoidance and its …

Objective: The fear-avoidance (FA) model of chronic pain describes how individuals
experiencing acute pain may become trapped into a vicious circle of chronic disability and …

Over the past decade there has been a burgeoning of research aimed specifically at better
understanding the role that fear, anxiety, and avoidance behavior play in the development …

It is widely acknowledged that pain is a universal experience that affects human beings
across the life span, serving an important protective function. Typical protective behaviors …

In an attempt to explain how and why some individuals with musculoskeletal pain develop a
chronic pain syndrome, Lethem et al.(Lethem J, Slade PD, Troup JDG, Bentley G. Outline of …

Catastrophic interpretations of pain as a signal of impending threat usually elicits fear, and
escape or avoidance behavior. According to the fear-avoidance (FA) model [8] these …

Pain-related fear is implicated in the transition from acute to chronic low back pain and the
persistence of disabling low back pain, making it a key target for physical therapy …

Within a biopsychosocial framework, psychological factors are thought to play an important
role in the onset and progression of chronic pain. The cognitive-behavioral fear-avoidance …

Background The model of fear avoidance proposes that fear of movement in back pain
patients is an obstacle to recovery and leads over time to increased disability. Therefore …