Mirror therapy is a method that increases the functionality of affected extremity and effective in treatment chronic pain. In this study, we aimed to investigate effect mirror on shoulder impingement syndrome. The study included 62 participants, including 31 intervention group (IG) control (CG) who met inclusion criteria. IG received with conventional physiotherapy while CG only physiotherapy. ...

Backgrounds Physiotherapy greatly manage patients with pain, functional abilities and kinesiophobia. Significant This study investigates the effectiveness of physiotherapy on physical functions, kinesiophobia, quality life (QOL) for lower back, knee, ankle conditions. Methods The search strategy followed PRISMA guidelines (include pubmed science direct). Limitations Very little evidence kinesio...

Objective The aim of this study is to determine the presence kinesiophobia in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and examine factors affecting kinesiophobia. Materials methods Sixty AS participated study. Kinesiophobia was evaluated using Tampa Scale for (TSK). Disease activity assessed Bath Activity Index (BASDAI) Score C-reactive protein (ASDAS-CRP), functional status Functional (BASFI...

Purpose: Lymphedema is an important situation that causes physical and psychological life-threatening problems. This study researches kinesiophobia in lower extremity patients scrutinizes the relationship between kinesiophobia, performance balance.
 Methods: cross-sectional controlled included 40 individuals diagnosed with lymphedema a mean age of 42.58±10.30 years 31 healthy 40.65 ± 9.53 ...

PURPOSE: To investigate the association between forward head posture (FHP) and neck pain disability in patients with chronic whiplash associated disorders (WAD). METHODS: This study was a secondary analysis based on data from randomized controlled study. The involved WAD reporting their using Neck Disability Index (NDI). FHP measured goniometer. Analyses of correlations logistic regressions wer...

Objectives: This study was done to find out the impact of a pre-operative physical therapy plan with inspiratory muscle training on functional capacity, kinesiophobia, and post-operative intensive care unit (ICU) stay in subjects coronary artery disease (CAD) candidates for bypass grafting (CABG). Methods: Fifty who fulfilled inclusion criteria were recruited randomly distributed into intervent...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a common inflammatory rheumatic disease that affects the axial skeleton, causes inflammatory lower back pain, and structural and functional disorders, which affect quality of life negatively.The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of kinesiophobia in AS on pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and functional performance.Thirty-one individuals with AS (n ...

QUESTION In people with sciatica in primary care, can a single question be used to predict outcome at 1 year followup as accurately as validated questionnaires on kinesiophobia, disability, and health-related quality of life? DESIGN Observational study within a randomised cohort. PARTICIPANTS 135 people with sciatica in primary care. OUTCOME MEASURES Kinesiophobia was measured with the Ta...

Psychological factors are receiving increased attention for their role in musculoskeletal health, surgical outcomes, and patient-reported outcome measures. This study examined if preoperative 3-month postoperative pain catastrophizing, kinesiophobia, self-efficacy differ between patients who report greater versus less than 75% overall improvement from baseline to 3 months after hip arthroscopy ...