Chronic pain is a major source of suffering. It interferes with daily functioning and often is
accompanied by distress. Yet, in the International Classification of Diseases, chronic pain …

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 …

Background: Dyspnea is a common, distressing symptom of cardiopulmonary and
neuromuscular diseases. Since the ATS published a consensus statement on dyspnea in …

Scientific models are like tools, and like any tool they can be evaluated according to how
well they achieve the chosen goals of the task at hand. In the science of treatment …

The Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) is one of the most frequently employed measures
for assessing pain-related fear in pain patients. Although the TSK has been translated into …

Background Up to 21% of adults will develop tinnitus, which is one of the most distressing
and debilitating audiological problems. The absence of medical cures and standardised …

Background The contribution of kinesiophobia (fear of movement) to the pain experience
among older adults has been poorly evaluated. The aim of this study was to study …

The relationship between persistent pain and self-directed, non-reactive awareness of
present-moment experience (ie, mindfulness) was explored in one of the dominant …

Purpose The aim of this study is to explore differences between male and female patients
entering a rehabilitation program at a pain clinic in order to gain a greater understanding of …

Many psychological factors have been suggested to be important obstacles to recovery from
low back pain, yet most studies focus on a limited number of factors. We compared a more …