The Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) has been used for a decade and is a valuable tool
in researching pain-related fear. A variety of different factor models exist, however, and there …

Acceptance of pain and distress has lately appeared as an important factor in determining
peoples' ability to restore functioning in the presence of chronic pain. Although treatments …

Several treatment principles for the reduction of chronic low back pain associated disability
have been postulated. To examine whether a combination of a physical training and operant …

The aim of this work was to study whether fear of movement, and pain catastrophizing
predict pain related-disability and depression in sub-acute whiplash patients. Moreover, we …

The current study examined the Photograph Series of Daily Activities (PHODA) Scale in a
sample of chronic low back pain patients with high and low levels of kinesiophobia (pain …

Smeets RJ, van Geel KD, Verbunt JA. Is the fear avoidance model associated with the
reduced level of aerobic fitness in patients with chronic low back pain? OBJECTIVES: To …

This paper describes a preliminary experimental evaluation of a technique intended to help
people suffering from chronic back pain and low pain acceptance to alter the aversiveness …

Background From the viewpoint of cost prevention, it is necessary to identify patients that are
of high risk for long-term work disability, production loss and sick-leave. Methods Secondary …

BACKGROUND: Information about daily physical activity of lung transplant patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is relevant for evaluation of the functional …

Patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) often report a disabling decrease in their activity
level due to pain. The nature of the association between disability, activity, and pain over …