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Correction of Pain Expectancies Following Exposure to Movement in Chronic Back Pain

Trost, Zina
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1216157547

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2008, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
According to the fear-avoidance model, kinesiophobia (pain-related fear) is an important factor in the development of chronic pain and disability. The current research project investigated the extent to which expectancy corrections (i.e., the tendency to bring expected pain/harm in line with experienced pain/harm) following exposure to one movement generalize to identical movements of increased intensity in chronic low back pain patients with high versus low levels of kinesiophobia. Additionally, the study addressed the impact of increased exposure on generalization. Participants were asked to consecutively perform four adaptations of a reaching task, each introducing a discrete element of increased intensity. Expected and experienced pain and harm ratings were collected for each trial. It was predicted that highly kinesiophobic participants will demonstrate greater overprediction of pain and harm relative to their low-kinesiophobic counterparts. It is also predicted that in highly kinesiophobic participants, expectancy corrections evidenced in the later trials of a given movement will show less generalization to the subsequent movement performed.
Christopher R. France, PhD (Committee Chair)
Kenneth Holroyd, PhD (Committee Member)
Kathi Heffner, PhD (Committee Member)
119 p.
Psychology
Kinesiophobia; pain-related fear; chronic pain; exposure; generalization

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  • Trost, Z. (2008). Correction of Pain Expectancies Following Exposure to Movement in Chronic Back Pain [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1216157547

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Trost, Zina. Correction of Pain Expectancies Following Exposure to Movement in Chronic Back Pain. 2008. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1216157547.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Trost, Zina. "Correction of Pain Expectancies Following Exposure to Movement in Chronic Back Pain." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1216157547

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