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Pain-related Fear, Pain and Harm Appraisal, and Kinematic Avoidance among Healthy Participants Following Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness

Trost, Zina
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1279927787

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
The current study examined pain and harm appraisals of healthy college students asked to complete a reaching task prior to and following induction of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) to the lower back. Participants were classified as “high” versus “low kinesiophobia” based on responses to the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK). Predicted pain and potential harm/injury ratings were collected using a visual analog scale at each reaching trial. Movement of the lumbar spine, thoracic spine, and hip was recorded using Vicon motion capture technology. In comparison to low kinesiophobia participants, high kinesiophobia participants predicted greater pain and harm for low target reaches following DOMS induction but not at baseline testing. In contrast to low kinesiophobia, high kinesiophobia participants showed a pattern of increasing kinematic caution across low target trials during Baseline testing session, evidenced by gradually declining lumbar flexion. A similar pattern was observed for thoracic spine flexion irrespective of testing session. Results are discussed in the context of the fear-avoidance model; potential reasons and implications for the observed findings are discussed.
Christopher France, PhD (Advisor)
Kathi Heffner, PhD (Committee Member)
Bruce Carlson, PhD (Committee Member)
Ken Holroyd, PhD (Committee Member)
Gary Chleboun, PhD (Committee Member)
73 p.
Psychology
Kinesiophobia; pain-related fear; back pain; DOMS; movement; lumbar motion

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  • Trost, Z. (2010). Pain-related Fear, Pain and Harm Appraisal, and Kinematic Avoidance among Healthy Participants Following Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1279927787

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Trost, Zina. Pain-related Fear, Pain and Harm Appraisal, and Kinematic Avoidance among Healthy Participants Following Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. 2010. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1279927787.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Trost, Zina. "Pain-related Fear, Pain and Harm Appraisal, and Kinematic Avoidance among Healthy Participants Following Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1279927787

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