ArticleJournal of pain research2020
Chronic Pain Patients' Kinesiophobia and Catastrophizing are Associated with Activity Intensity at Different Times of the Day.
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- Validity and Reliability of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia for Adolescents with Heart Disease.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2025Article
- Upper limb muscle strength and neuromuscular coordination and other factors as determinants of kinesiophobia in people with cervical and cervicothoracic spine dysfunction.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effects of Global Postural Re-Education Versus Specific Therapeutic Exercises on Pain, Head Posture, and Pain-Related Psychosocial Factors in Women with Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Identifying kinesiophobia subtypes and their determinants in patients with hip fractures: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Ankylosing spondylitis and kinesiophobia.PeerJ · 2025Article
- Imbalances in the Content of Sleep and Pain Assessments in Patients with Chronic Pain: A Scoping Review.F1000Research · 2025Article
- Construction and validation of a predictive model for post-operative kinesiophobia in total hip arthroplasty patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Physical activity based on daily steps in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: evolution and associated factors.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Effect of Adding Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises to Core Stabilization Exercises on Pain, Muscle Activity, Disability, and Sleep Quality in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Control Trial.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2023Article
- Kinesiophobia and its correlations with pain, proprioception, and functional performance among individuals with chronic neck pain.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine the relationship between baseline kinesiophobia and baseline pain catastrophizing with the 4-day average activity intensity at different times of the day while accounting for different wake and sleep-onset times in chronic pain patients.
methodsTwenty-one participants suffering from idiopathic chronic pain completed baseline questionnaires about kinesiophobia, catastrophizing, disability, depression, and pain. We measured the participants' activity using accelerometers and calculated activity intensity in the morning, afternoon, and evening. We performed a 2-way repeated measures ANOVA to compare activity levels at different times of the day, and multiple linear regressions.
resultsBaseline kinesiophobia was significantly associated with 4-day average evening light activity and sedentary activity at all time periods while baseline catastrophizing was significantly associated with increased 4-day average light activity in the evening and more moderate to vigorous activity in the morning. Our participants engaged in more light activity on average than sedentary activity, and very little moderate-vigorous activity. Participants were most active in the afternoon.
conclusionBaseline kinesiophobia and baseline catastrophizing were not associated with the 4-day average total daily activity; however, they were associated with 4-day average activity intensities at different times throughout the day. Segmenting daily activity into morning, afternoon, evening may influence the relationship between daily activity, and kinesiophobia and pain catastrophizing. Individuals with chronic pain are less sedentary than previously thought which may affect future interventions.
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