Does fear of movement mediate the relationship between pain intensity and disability in patients following whiplash injury? A prospective longitudinal study

• Published in: Pain (Amsterdam) Vol. 153; no. 1; pp. 113 - 119
• Main Authors: Kamper, Steven J., Maher, Christopher G., Menezes Costa, Luciola da C., McAuley, James H., Hush, Julia M., Sterling, Michele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Elsevier B.V 2012; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Disability Evaluation; Disabled Persons - psychology; Fear - psychology; Fear of movement; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Illness and personality; Illness, stress and coping; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Mediation analysis; Middle Aged; Movement; Neck Pain - etiology; Neck Pain - psychology; Pain Measurement; PFActS; Prospective Studies; Psychology and medicine; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Severity of Illness Index; Somesthesis and somesthetic pathways (proprioception, exteroception, nociception); interoception; electrolocation. Sensory receptors; Tampa; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Whiplash; Whiplash Injuries - complications; Whiplash Injuries - psychology; PFActS; Whiplash; Tampa; Mediation analysis; Fear of movement; Human; Evaluation scale; Whiplash injury; Disability; Prospective; Fear; Pain; Models; Neck; Avoidance

In a cohort of patients with whiplash injuries, fear avoidance partially mediated the relationship between pain soon after injury and disability 3 months later. The aim of this study was to test the capacity of the Fear Avoidance Model to explain the relationship between pain and disability in patie...