Over 30 years ago, treatments based broadly within cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
began a rise in prominence that eventually culminated in their widespread adoption in …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Low back pain (LBP) is a very common but largely self-limiting condition. The problem arises
however, when LBP disorders do not resolve beyond normal expected tissue healing time …

The Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) is one of the most frequently employed measures
for assessing pain-related fear in back pain patients. Despite its widespread use, there is …

The aim of this study was to examine whether treatments based on different theories change
pain catastrophizing and internal control of pain, and whether changes in these factors …

Background Low back pain is one of the most prevalent musculoskeletal conditions and the
highest contributor to disability in the world. It is characterized by frequent relapses leading …

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 …

Abstract Background and Purpose. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to
examine the usefulness of the addition of specific stabilization exercises to a general back …