Psychiatry and Psychology

Kinesiophobia

Anxiety disorder of persistent and irrational fear of movement following an injury. It is related to perceived disability due to injury and CATASTROPHIZING in fear of (anticipated) PAIN and possibility of REINJURY.

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Abstract

Anxiety disorder of persistent and irrational fear of movement following an injury. It is related to perceived disability due to injury and CATASTROPHIZING in fear of (anticipated) PAIN and possibility of REINJURY.

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  • Fear of Movement
  • Kinesophobia
  • Kinetophobia
  • Movement Phobia
  • Pain-Related Activity Avoidance
  • Phobia, Movement
  • Activity Avoidance, Pain-Related
  • Avoidance, Pain-Related Activity
  • Movement Fear
  • Pain Related Activity Avoidance

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

2023

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Previous Indexing

  • Phobic Disorders (2003-2022)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Kinesiophobia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000092442. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000092442
  2. Kinesiophobia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesiophobia
  3. Kinesiophobia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28208904