ArticleThe South African journal of physiotherapy2020
The prevalence of fear avoidance and pain catastrophising amongst patients with chronic neck pain.
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- Is there an association between fear of movement and pain intensity and disability in people with chronic neck pain? a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of the pilates method in patients with chronic neck pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Integrating Jaw Opening and Closing Movements with Active Neck Exercises in the Management of Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Trial
- Cognitive-behavioural treatment for neck pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Pain in People Living With Obesity: Baseline Multidimensional Profiles, Prevalence and Biopsychosocial Factors From a Cohort Study.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- Machine learning analysis of kinematic movement features during functional tasks to discriminate chronic neck pain patients from asymptomatic controls.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The relationship of fear of pain, pain anxiety, and fear-avoidance beliefs with perceived stress in surgical patients with postoperative kinesiophobia.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Functioning Problems Associated with Health Conditions with Greatest Disease Burden in South Africa: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Comparison the Effect of Pain Neuroscience and Pain Biomechanics Education on Neck Pain and Fear of Movement in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Pain and therapy · 2022Article
- Development of the Hausa version of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale: translation, cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation in mixed urban and rural patients with chronic low back pain.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundCognitive factors impact chronic pain, but the prevalence of fear avoidance (FA) and pain catastrophising (PC) in individuals suffering from chronic neck pain (CNP) has not been investigated in South Africa.
objectivesTo determine the prevalence of FA and PC in patients with CNP at private physiotherapy practices in Johannesburg.
methodThe Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia-11 (TSK-11) (
resultsA sample of 106 CNP patients with a mean age of 48.7 years (± 14.8) from 25 randomly selected private practices participated in the study. Of the participants, 81% were women (
conclusionFA and PC affect a number of patients with CNP. A lower level of education was associated with FA and a higher pain intensity was associated with higher FA and PC. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Identifying FA and PC in patients with CNP is important to facilitate holistic management.
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