Objective (1) To explore the level of association between kinesiophobia and pain, disability
and quality of life in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) detected via cross …

Introduction: Chronic pain due to musculoskeletal disorders is the leading cause of disability
among older adults and is associated with a lower quality of life, reduced function, and …

Background Little is known about the correlates between pain intensity (PI) and physical
function (PF) and psychosocial factors {kinesiophobia (K), Pain Catastrophizing (PC) and …

Background The fear‐avoidance model (FAM) is a leading theoretical paradigm for
explaining persistent pain following musculoskeletal injury. The model suggests that as …

Background: Although the association of gray matter morphology alterations and pain-
related psychosocial characteristics with pain intensity and chronification in people with …

Background: Standard preoperative education for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has been
shown to have no effect on postoperative outcomes. This may be because such education …

Objective To determine the immediate effect of neural tension technique (NTT) on
conditioned pain modulation in patients with chronic neck pain. A secondary objective was …

Neural responses to incentives are altered in chronic pain and by opioid use. To understand
how opioid use modulates the neural response to reward/value in chronic pain, we …

Time to task failure (TTF) on the Sørensen test predicts low back pain (LBP), but
mechanisms driving TTF may vary in those with and without recurrent LBP. To determine the …

Introduction Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide.
However, there is no consensus in the literature regarding optimal management. Exercise …