Article
Rehabilitation
Etienne J. Bisson, Laura Katz, Kyle Vader, Jennifer A. Bossio, Rosemary Wilson, Scott Duggan
Summary: This study developed and validated a brief version of the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) that maintains content validity in a mixed chronic pain population. Two brief versions, TSK-7 and TSK-5, were created through factor analysis and item reduction. These brief versions showed strong correlations with the original TSK-11, indicating good concurrent validity. Additionally, the brief versions demonstrated similar convergent validity with pain catastrophizing, depression, pain interference, and pain acceptance.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Review
Anesthesiology
Frederique Dupuis, Amira Cherif, Charles Batcho, Hugo Masse-Alarie, Jean-Sebastien Roy
Summary: The objective of this systematic review was to identify different versions of the Tampa Scale of kinesiophobia (TSK) and examine the psychometric evidence for individuals with musculoskeletal pain. The study found five versions of the TSK, with TSK-13 and TSK-17 showing good validity, reliability, and responsiveness.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF PAIN
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mateusz Rozmiarek, Mateusz Grajek, Ewa Malchrowicz-Mosko, Karolina Sobczyk, Karolina Krupa-Kotara, Piotr Nowaczyk, Janusz Wasiewicz, Tomasz Urbaniak, Wojciech Siejak, Urszula Czerniak, Anna Demuth, Aitor Martinez Aguirre-Betolaza, Arkaitz Castaneda-Babarro
Summary: The aim of this study was to create a Polish adaptation of the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia considering fatigue, and to verify its usefulness in the context of pain in cancer patients. The study showed that the scale is valid for measuring movement anxiety among breast cancer patients in Poland, and can be adapted for different dimensions of the condition.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Giulia Mesaroli, Kyle Vader, Brittany N. Rosenbloom, Kathryn A. Birnie, Jennifer Stinson
Summary: The Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) is a valuable tool for measuring fear of movement in children and adults undergoing surgery. However, further research is needed to validate its content validity, test-retest reliability, measurement error, and responsiveness in the surgical setting.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Biology
Faisal Asiri, Ravi Shankar Reddy, Mastour Saeed Alshahrani, Jaya Shanker Tedla, Snehil Dixit, Adel Alshahrani, Kumar Gular, Abdullah Raizah
Summary: This study aims to compare postural control between individuals with fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) and asymptomatic individuals, estimate the relationship between kinesiophobia and postural control in individuals with FM, and evaluate whether pain intensity mediates the association. The results showed that individuals with FM had impaired postural control, kinesiophobia had a positive relationship with postural control, and pain intensity mediated this relationship.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Aylin Aydin Sayilan, Asuman Saltan, Selda Mert, Handan Ankarali
Summary: This study aims to investigate the relationships among kinesiophobia, pain, mobility, and functional status in older adults after surgery. The results revealed significant negative correlations between social security, functional level, type of anesthesia, and mental status in older women. Through attracting interest in this field and increasing evaluations, the study emphasizes the importance of assessing older adults' functional, mobility, mental, and kinesiophobic status after surgery.
AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Andre Pontes-Silva, Almir Vieira Dibai-Filho, Sulamizia Filomena Costa de Jesus, Leonardo Antonio Santos de Oliveira, Daniela Bassi-Dibai, Cid Andre Fidelis de Paula Gomes, Mariana Arias Avila
Summary: This study aimed to identify the best internal structure of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia in chronic low back pain patients. The results showed that the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia with two domains (activity avoidance and somatic focus) and nine items is the most suitable for patients with chronic low back pain.
CLINICAL REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Daisuke Higuchi, Yuta Watanabe, Yu Kondo, Takahiro Miki
Summary: In older Japanese adults after lumbar surgery, the factor structure of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) was explored, revealing consistency in somatic focus, activity avoidance, and efficacy of physical activities, which were significantly associated with health-related quality of life, pain, and dysesthesia. The goodness of fit of the TSK model was maintained by adding efficacy of physical activities as a third factor to the traditional two factors.
JOURNAL OF PAIN RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Martine Bordeleau, Matthieu Vincenot, Salome Lefevre, Arnaud Duport, Lucas Seggio, Tomy Breton, Thierry Lelard, Eric Serra, Nathalie Roussel, Jeremy Fonseca Das Neves, Guillaume Leonard
Summary: Kinesiophobia is associated with pain intensity in people suffering from chronic pain. Physical exercise is the most commonly used approach for managing irrational fear of movement, with interventions primarily focusing on musculoskeletal pain conditions, particularly low back pain and neck pain. The Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia is the most commonly used tool for measuring kinesiophobia in interventions. Future RCTs should consider multidisciplinary interventions to help patients confront their irrational fear of movement while taking into account their personal experiences with pain and kinesiophobia.
FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Ewa Malchrowicz-Mosko, Piotr Nowaczyk, Janusz Wasiewicz, Tomasz Urbaniak, Wojciech Siejak, Mateusz Rozmiarek, Urszula Czerniak, Anna Demuth, Martinez Aguirre-Betolaza Aitor, Arkaitz Castaneda-Babarro
Summary: This study investigates the fear of movement in breast cancer patients undergoing surgical treatment and its relationship with socio-demographic variables, lifestyle before cancer diagnosis, stage and type of BC, and comorbidities. The findings show that breast cancer women experience high levels of kinesiophobia. A majority of the surveyed women are not aware of the WHO recommendations for physical activity. The level of kinesiophobia varies based on disease progression and is not affected by BC type or pre-diagnosis physical activity.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Victor Riquelme-Aguado, Antonio Gil-Crujera, Josue Fernandez-Carnero, Ferran Cuenca-Martinez, Guillermo Baviano Klett, Francisco Gomez Esquer
Summary: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether emotional and cognitive factors influence the limb laterality discrimination task in women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). The results showed that FMS patients had longer reaction times for laterality discrimination in hands and exhibited emotional and cognitive disorders compared with healthy subjects. However, there was no correlation between limb laterality discrimination and psychological variables.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Andrea De Giorgio, Sonia Angilletta, Barbara Matteo, Valerio Bonavolonta, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Goran Kuvacic
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of combining hatha yoga with self-compassion meditation on individuals with chronic low back pain. The results showed that the group practicing hatha yoga with self-compassion meditation had a more significant reduction in kinesiophobia and positive effects on emotions.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biology
Francisco Javier Ruiz-Sanchez, Maria do Rosario Martins, Salete Soares, Carlos Romero-Morales, Daniel Lopez-Lopez, Juan Gomez-Salgado, Ana Maria Jimenez-Cebrian
Summary: Fear of movement or kinesiophobia is an irrational fear of physical movement and fatigue that causes a limitation of functional capacity and decreased physical activity. This study aimed to assess the level of kinesiophobia in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) and compare it with a group of healthy people. The findings suggest that kinesiophobia is higher in pwMS than in the healthy control group.
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Haowei Liu, Li Huang, Zongqian Yang, Hansen Li, Zhenhuan Wang, Li Peng
Summary: The prevalence of kinesiophobia in persistent pain is around 50 to 70%, impacting rehabilitation interventions. Assessment of kinesiophobia is crucial for clinical treatment decisions, mainly done through scales/questionnaires. The most commonly used tools for this assessment include the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia, Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire, and others.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Liam-Pierre Mathieu Tissot, David William Evans, Edward Kirby, Bernard Xian Wei Liew
Summary: This study compared three methods (TSK-11, image, video) for assessing fear of movement in patients with low back pain. The results showed that image and video methods were more accurate in measuring task-specific fear (such as lifting) than the TSK-11 questionnaire.
