Fear of movement/injury in the general population: Factor structure and psychometric properties of an adapted version of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 415-424

  Houben, R M A ^a   Leeuw, M ^a   Vlaeyen, J W S ^a   Goubert, L ^b   Picavet, H S J ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fear avoidance beliefs; General population; Pain related fear; Psychometric properties; TSK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; KINESIOPHOBIA; MALE; MOTION; PAIN; PHOBIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TAMPA SCALE FOR KINESIOPHOBIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33644587589     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-005-9011-x     Document Type: Article

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