The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association
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J Can Chiropr Assoc · Sep 2011
The Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia and neck pain, disability and range of motion: a narrative review of the literature.
The Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) that was developed in 1990 is a 17 item scale originally developed to measure the fear of movement related to chronic lower back pain. ⋯ The fear avoidance model can be applied to neck pain sufferers and there is value from a psychometric perspective in using the TSK to assess kinesiophobia. Future research should investigate if, and to what extent, other measureable factors commonly associated with neck pain, such as decreased range of motion, correlate with kinesiophobia.