Chronic pain is a pervasive health care issue affecting over 50 million Americans and
costing more than $100 billion dollars annually in lost productivity and health care costs. As …

Studies obtaining implicit measures of associations in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (4th ed., Text Revision; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) Axis I …

Acute pain informs the individual that there is an imminent threat of body damage, and is
associated with the urge to escape and avoid. Fear learning takes place when neutral …

The current study examined the relationship between pain-related fear, physical
performance, and pain-related interference in the context of experimentally induced pain to …

Adhesive capsulitis is, in most cases, a self-limiting condition of poorly understood etiology
that results in shoulder pain and large mobility deficits. The socio-economic burden will …

Background and aims Despite lack of support from recent in vivo studies, bending and lifting
(especially with a round-back posture) are perceived as dangerous to the back. In light of …

Negative attitudes/beliefs surrounding osteoarthritis, pain, and activity contribute to reduced
physical activity in people with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). These attitudes/beliefs are …

Background and aims Pain and protective behaviour are dependent on implicit evaluations
of danger to the body. However, current assessment of perceived danger relies on self …

The fear-avoidance model postulates that in chronic low back pain (CLBP) a fear of
movement is acquired in the acute phase, which leads to subsequent avoidance of physical …

Background Low back pain (LBP) is the most prevalent musculoskeletal condition.
Guidelines advocate a multimodal approach, including prescription of medications …