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Everyone experiences pau sutra cme potin ther ves, Such experiences may riude
headaches, tooth pain, jint or muscle pain. People are often exposed to situations that may cause
pain such as ines, injury, dental procedures or surgery
\We are interested inthe types of thoughts and feelings that you have when you are in pain, Listed
below are thirteen statements desorbing diffrent thoughis and feelings that may be associated with
pain. Using the folowing scale, please indicate the degree to which you have these thoughts and
feelings when you are experiencing pain.
O-rotatal 1-toasightdewree 2-wamoderstedegiee 3—toagrestdagree 4—allthetime
Wien Pmin pain
1L2] st wony st te ine show wether he psn wl end
eal can't goon
Ws tebe and ink never cng ot any ete.
1a and el ha it veins me
ea ca san it anymore
"heome tnd th te pin wil ge won,
ep hnking ter pin evn,
Tmioly wank sin ogo aay,
Tanto toe ito of my ind
{ep thnkng soot how much huts,
ep tkng about ow badly I want th pin to top
‘There's nothing I can do to reduce the intensity ofthe pain,
Es wonder whether someting ssriows may happen
Total
PTS
35Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia
(Miller , Kori and Todd 1991)
1 =strongly disagree
2= disagree
3=agree
4= strongly agree
1. Pm afraid that [might injury myself itl exercise | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2. IfI were to try to overcome it, my pain would T 27a ]4
increase
3. My body is telling me I have something T{21@|4
dangerously wrong Es
4 My pain would probably be relieved ffTwereto | 1 | (2) | 3 | 4
exercise
5. People aren*t taking my medical condition 1/@}3s|4
seriously enough
6. My accident has put my body atrisk forthe rest 1 | 2 4
cof my life
7._ Pain always means I have injured my bod: 1 2 3 (@
8. Just because something aggravates my pain does | 1 | @) | 3 | 4
not mean itis dangerous
9. Tam afraid that I might injure myself 1[2 4
accidentally
10. Simply being careful that I do not make any 1 273 |
unnecessary movements is the safest thing I can
do to prevent my pain from worsening
TI. Twouldn’t have this much pain if there werent | 1 | 2 | 3 [C4
something potentially dangerous going on in my
bod
72. Although my condition is painful, I would be T|2 4
better off if| were physically active
13. Pain lets me know when to stop exercising s0 T/2/3 {4
that I don’t injure myself
14. It's really not safe for a person with acondition | 1 | 2 | (3) | 4
like mine to be physically active
15. T can’t do all the things normal people do T1219) 4
because it’s too easy for me to get injured ~
16, Even though something is causing me alotof | 1 | 2)| 3 | 4
pain, I don’t think it's actually dangerous
T7. No one should have to exercise when he/sheisin| 1 | 2 |G) | 4
pai
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Reprinted from:
Pain, Fear of movementire) injury in chronic low back pain and its relation to behavioral
performance, 62, Viaeyen, J., Kole-Snijders A, Boeren R., van Eek H., 371,
‘Copyright (1995) with permission from Intemational Association forthe Study of Pain