The reduction of fear of movement-related pain does motivational context matter?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 933-945

  Volders, Stéphanie ^a   Meulders, Ann ^a,b   De Peuter, Steven ^a   Vlaeyen, W S ^a,b,c  

^a Box 3726   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Fear of movement related pain; Fear reduction; Motivation; Safetyseeking behavior

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT RELATED PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANTICIPATION; ARM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; STARTLE REFLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ARM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFLEX, STARTLE; REWARD; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943200602     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000187     Document Type: Article

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