Rutger M J de Zoete, Carolyn F Berryman, Jo Nijs, Angela Walls, Mark Jenkinson
{"title":"Differential Structural Brain Changes Between Responders and Nonresponders After Physical Exercise Therapy for Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain.","authors":"Rutger M J de Zoete, Carolyn F Berryman, Jo Nijs, Angela Walls, Mark Jenkinson","doi":"10.1097/AJP.0000000000001115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000001115","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Physical exercise therapy is effective for some people with chronic nonspecific neck pain but not for others. Differences in exercise-induced pain-modulatory responses are likely driven by brain changes. We investigated structural brain differences at baseline and changes after an exercise intervention. The primary aim was to investigate changes in structural brain characteristics after physical exercise therapy for people with chronic nonspecific neck pain. The secondary aims were to investigate (1) baseline differences in structural brain characteristics between responders and nonresponders to exercise therapy, and (2) differential brain changes after exercise therapy between responders and nonresponders.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This was a prospective longitudinal cohort study. Twenty-four participants (18 females, mean age 39.7 y) with chronic nonspecific neck pain were included. Responders were selected as those with ≥20% improvement in Neck Disability Index. Structural magnetic resonance imaging was obtained before and after an 8-week physical exercise intervention delivered by a physiotherapist. Freesurfer cluster-wise analyses were performed and supplemented with an analysis of pain-specific brain regions of interest.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Various changes in grey matter volume and thickness were found after the intervention, for example, frontal cortex volume decreased (cluster-weighted P value = 0.0002, 95% CI: 0.0000-0.0004). We found numerous differences between responders and nonresponders, most notably, after the exercise intervention bilateral insular volume decreased in responders, but increased in nonresponders (cluster-weighted P value ≤ 0.0002).</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The brain changes found in this study may underpin clinically observed differential effects between responders and nonresponders to exercise therapy for people with chronic neck pain. Identification of these changes is an important step toward personalized treatment approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"39 6","pages":"270-277"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9548915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Merve Karacaoglu, Simone Meijer, Kaya J Peerdeman, Elise Dusseldorp, Karin B Jensen, Dieuwke S Veldhuijzen, Henriët van Middendorp, Andrea W M Evers
{"title":"Susceptibility to Nocebo Hyperalgesia, Dispositional Optimism, and Trait Anxiety as Predictors of Nocebo Hyperalgesia Reduction.","authors":"Merve Karacaoglu, Simone Meijer, Kaya J Peerdeman, Elise Dusseldorp, Karin B Jensen, Dieuwke S Veldhuijzen, Henriët van Middendorp, Andrea W M Evers","doi":"10.1097/AJP.0000000000001112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000001112","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The current paper explores the psychological predictors of nocebo hyperalgesia and whether the reduction of nocebo hyperalgesia can be predicted by susceptibility to nocebo hyperalgesia and psychological characteristics.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Nocebo effects on pressure pain were first experimentally induced in 83 healthy female participants through conditioning with open-label instructions about the pain-worsening function of a sham TENS device to assess susceptibility to nocebo hyperalgesia. Participants were then randomized to 1 out of 2 nocebo-reduction conditions (counterconditioning/extinction) or to continued nocebo-conditioning (control), each combined with open-label instructions about the new sham device function. Dispositional optimism, trait and state anxiety, pain catastrophizing, fear of pain, and body vigilance were assessed at baseline.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed that lower optimism and higher trait anxiety were related to a stronger induction of nocebo hyperalgesia. Moreover, a stronger induction of nocebo hyperalgesia and higher trait anxiety predicted a larger nocebo reduction across interventions. Also, nocebo hyperalgesia and optimism moderated the effects of the nocebo-reduction interventions, whereby larger nocebo hyperalgesia and lower optimism were associated with a larger nocebo reduction after counterconditioning, compared with control, and also extinction for larger nocebo hyperalgesia.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Our findings suggest that open-label conditioning leads to stronger nocebo hyperalgesia when trait anxiety is high and dispositional optimism is low, while these psychological characteristics, along with larger nocebo hyperalgesia, also predict open-label counterconditioning to be an effective nocebo-reduction strategy. Susceptibility to nocebo hyperalgesia, trait anxiety, and dispositional optimism might be indicators of a flexible pain regulatory system.</p>","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"39 6","pages":"259-269"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10205122/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10129989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Local Anesthesia Versus General Anesthesia in Percutaneous Interlaminar Endoscopic Discectomy: A Meta-analysis.","authors":"Lei Han, Jianjian Yin, Xijia Jiang, Luming Nong","doi":"10.1097/AJP.0000000000001111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000001111","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study was to systematically evaluate the safety and efficacy of local anesthesia (LA) and general anesthesia (GA) in percutaneous interlaminar endoscopic discectomy (PIED).</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, EuropePMC, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane databases, and CNKI databases for all relevant studies. All statistical analysis was performed using Review Manager version 5.3.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 6 articles with 549 study participants were included, with 282 patients in LA group and 267 patients in GA group. The results of the meta-analysis showed that the LA group had significantly better results in hospital stay time (mean difference [MD], -1.68; 95% CI, -3.35 to -0.01) and hospital costs (MD, -0.57, 95% CI, -1.02 to -0.12) compared with the GA group; whereas Oswestry Disability Index (MD, 0.48; 95% CI, -0.07 to 1.04), Visual Analog Scale Scores (MD, -0.05; 95% CI, -0.24 to 0.13), postoperative transient dysesthesia and weakness (odds ratio [OR], 0.83, 95% CI, 0.40 to 1.69), dura and nerve root injury (OR, 0.21, 95% CI, 0.03 to 1.25), operation time (MD, -3.51; 95% CI, -11.5 to 4.48), and willingness rate to receive the same procedure(OR, 0.12, 95% CI, 0.01 to 1.00) showed no significant differences between the 2 groups.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>LA can effectively relieve pain during PIED surgery and ensure the safety of operation without increasing the occurrence of postoperative complications. PIED under LA not only has similar patient satisfaction but also shows obvious advantages in shortening hospital stay and reducing hospital costs compared with GA surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"39 6","pages":"297-304"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10074393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Authors' Response to Letters to the Editor of Rajasekar Ramadurai et al Titled \"Use of a Standard Predetermined Quantitative Parameter to Signal the Need for Rescue Analgesics.\"","authors":"Hao Guo, Ran Ran","doi":"10.1097/AJP.0000000000001113","DOIUrl":"10.1097/AJP.0000000000001113","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"39 6","pages":"305-306"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9569468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ami Cuneo, Robin Yang, Haoran Zhou, Ke Wang, Sarah Goh, Yuntao Wang, John Raiti, Daniel Krashin, Natalia Murinova
{"title":"The Utility of a Novel, Combined Biofeedback-Virtual Reality Device as Add-on Treatment for Chronic Migraine: A Randomized Pilot Study.","authors":"Ami Cuneo, Robin Yang, Haoran Zhou, Ke Wang, Sarah Goh, Yuntao Wang, John Raiti, Daniel Krashin, Natalia Murinova","doi":"10.1097/AJP.0000000000001114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000001114","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine if the frequent use of a combined biofeedback-virtual reality device improves headache-related outcomes in chronic migraine.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>In this randomized, controlled pilot study, 50 adults with chronic migraine were randomized to the experimental group (frequent use of a heart rate variability biofeedback-virtual reality device plus standard medical care; n=25) or wait-list control group (standard medical care alone; n=25). The primary outcome was a reduction in mean monthly headache days between groups at 12 weeks. Secondary outcomes included mean change in acute analgesic use frequency, depression, migraine-related disability, stress, insomnia, and catastrophizing between groups at 12 weeks. Tertiary outcomes included change in heart rate variability and device-related user experience measures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A statistically significant reduction in mean monthly headache days between groups was not demonstrated at 12 weeks. However, statistically significant decreases in the mean frequency of total acute analgesic use per month (65% decrease in the experimental group versus 35% decrease in the control group, P <0.01) and depression score (35% decrease in the experimental group versus 0.5% increase in the control group; P <0.05) were shown at 12 weeks. At study completion, more than 50% of participants reported device satisfaction on a 5-level Likert scale.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Frequent use of a portable biofeedback-virtual reality device was associated with decreases in the frequency of acute analgesic use and in depression in individuals with chronic migraine. This platform holds promise as an add-on treatment for chronic migraine, especially for individuals aiming to decrease acute analgesic use or interested in nonmedication approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"39 6","pages":"286-296"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10449881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical Journal of PainPub Date : 2023-05-16eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.3389/fopht.2023.1130971
Padmaja Sudhakar, Khawla Abusamra, Mangayarkarasi Thandampallayam, Ashwini Kini
{"title":"New advancements in the management of Neuromyelitis Optica spectrum disease: literature review.","authors":"Padmaja Sudhakar, Khawla Abusamra, Mangayarkarasi Thandampallayam, Ashwini Kini","doi":"10.3389/fopht.2023.1130971","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fopht.2023.1130971","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neuromyelitis Optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a relapsing autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) where aquaporin-4 water channels are the antigenic target of the disease. The spectrum of the disease involves regions of the CNS where the water channel is widely expressed including the spinal cord, the optic nerve, dorsal medulla, brainstem, and thalamus/hypothalamus. Management of NMOSD includes acute as well as long term treatment. Acute symptoms are typically treated with intravenous corticosteroids and/or plasma exchange while long-term treatment involves the use of immunosuppression/immune modulation. The year 2019 is thought to be the \"year of the NMOSD\" as three new medications became available for this devastating disease. In this review, FDA approved NMOSD medications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"32 1","pages":"1130971"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11182166/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83966511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fábio Carlos Lucas de Oliveira, Camille Cossette, Catherine Mailloux, Timothy H Wideman, Louis-David Beaulieu, Hugo Massé-Alarie
{"title":"Within-Session Test-Retest Reliability of Pressure Pain Threshold and Mechanical Temporal Summation in Chronic Low Back Pain.","authors":"Fábio Carlos Lucas de Oliveira, Camille Cossette, Catherine Mailloux, Timothy H Wideman, Louis-David Beaulieu, Hugo Massé-Alarie","doi":"10.1097/AJP.0000000000001106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000001106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine the absolute and relative within-session test-retest reliability of pressure pain threshold (PPT) and temporal summation of pain (TSP) at the low back and the forearm in individuals with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and to test the impact of different sequences of measurements on reliability metrics.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Twenty-eight adults with CLBP were recruited. Relative (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] and coefficient of variation) and absolute reliability (standard error of measurement and minimal detectable changes) were quantified at 4 sites (back: sacrum and lumbar erector spinae; wrist: hand dorsum and wrist flexors) for PPT and 2 sites (hand and low back) for TSP, for various sequences of measurements.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Systematic differences were found between within test and retest for most PPT sequences at the lumbar erector spinae site and 1 TSP sequence (1-2-3) at back and hand sites, precluding reliability analyses for these data. Within-session PPT relative reliability was excellent at low back (ICC = 0.83 to 0.94) and wrist (ICC = 0.88 to 0.97) sites, whereas TSP showed good to excellent reliability at hand (ICC = 0.80 to 0.90) and low back (ICC = 0.73 to 0.89). In general, 2 and 3 measurements optimized absolute and relative reliability for TSP and PPT, respectively.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Within-session reliability was generally excellent for PPT and TSP at the low back and hand sites among individuals with CLBP. We recommend using 3 measurements for PPT and 2 for TSP to optimize reliability. Caution is recommended when testing PPT of the painful lower back area since a systematic difference was present between the test and retest.</p>","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"39 5","pages":"217-225"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10077402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily M Wildeboer, Christine T Chambers, Sabine Soltani, Melanie Noel
{"title":"The Relationship Between Chronic Pain, Depression, Psychosocial Factors, and Suicidality in Adolescents.","authors":"Emily M Wildeboer, Christine T Chambers, Sabine Soltani, Melanie Noel","doi":"10.1097/AJP.0000000000001108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000001108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Chronic pain in youth is often associated with social conflict, depression, and suicidality. The interpersonal theory of suicide posits that there are psychosocial factors, such as peer victimization and lack of fear of pain, that may also influence suicidality.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The objective of this study was to determine whether depressive symptoms, peer victimization, and lack of fear of pain predict suicidality in adolescents with chronic pain. It was hypothesized that higher levels of depressive symptoms and peer victimization, and lower levels of fear of pain, would predict a higher lifetime prevalence of suicidality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants consisted of 184 youth with primary chronic pain conditions (10 to 18 y, M = 14.27 y). Measures included diagnostic clinical interviews assessing suicidality and self-report questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms, peer victimization, and fear of pain.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Forty-two (22.8%) participants reported suicidality. Regression analyses demonstrated that the occurrence of suicidality was associated with higher rates of depressive symptoms (β = 1.03, P = 0.020, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.06) and peer victimization (β = 2.23, P < 0.05, 95% CI: 1.07, 4.63), though there was no association between lower fear of pain and suicidality.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These results suggest that depressive symptoms and peer victimization are significant predictors of suicidality in adolescents with chronic pain; however, lower fear of pain was not shown to be a significant predictor. Given these findings, depression and peer victimization should be further explored and considered in the design and implementation of prevention and early intervention strategies that target chronic pain and suicidality in youth.</p>","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"39 5","pages":"226-235"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10077403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shuyang Liu, BeiBei You, Xin Zhang, Amy Shaw, Hong Chen, Todd Jackson
{"title":"Individual Differences in Pain Catastrophizing and Regional Gray Matter Volume Among Community-dwelling Adults With Chronic Pain: A Voxel-based Morphology Study.","authors":"Shuyang Liu, BeiBei You, Xin Zhang, Amy Shaw, Hong Chen, Todd Jackson","doi":"10.1097/AJP.0000000000001103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000001103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Elevations in pain catastrophizing (PC) are associated with more severe pain, emotional distress, and impairment within samples with chronic pain. However, brain structure correlates underlying individual differences in PC are not well understood and predict more severe pain and impairment within samples with chronic pain. This study assessed links between regional gray matter volume (GMV) and individual differences in PC within a large mixed chronic pain sample.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Chinese adult community dwellers with chronic pain of at least 3 months duration (101 women and 59 men) completed self-report measures of background characteristics, pain severity, depression, and a widely validated PC questionnaire as well as a structural magnetic resonance imagining scan featuring voxel-based morphology to assess regional GMV correlates of PC.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After controlling for demographic correlates of PC, pain severity, and depression, higher PC scores had a significant, unique association with lower GMV levels in the inferior temporal area of the right fusiform gyrus, a region previously implicated in emotion regulation.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>GMV deficits, particularly in right temporal-occipital emotion regulation regions, correspond to high levels of PC among individuals with chronic pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"39 5","pages":"209-216"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10077407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dupuis Frederique, Cherif Amira, Batcho Charles, Massé-Alarie Hugo, Roy Jean-Sébastien
{"title":"The Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia: A Systematic Review of Its Psychometric Properties in People With Musculoskeletal Pain.","authors":"Dupuis Frederique, Cherif Amira, Batcho Charles, Massé-Alarie Hugo, Roy Jean-Sébastien","doi":"10.1097/AJP.0000000000001104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000001104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aims of this systematic review were to identify the different versions of the Tampa Scale of kinesiophobia (TSK) and to report on the psychometric evidence relating to these different versions for people experiencing musculoskeletal pain.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Medline [Ovid] CINAHL and Embase databases were searched for publications reporting on the psychometric properties of the TSK in populations with musculoskeletal pain. Risks of bias were evaluated using the COSMIN risk of the bias assessment tool.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Forty-one studies were included, mainly with a low risk of bias. Five versions of the TSK were identified: TSK-17, TSK-13, TSK-11, TSK-4, and TSK-TMD (for temporomandibular disorders). Most TSK versions showed good to excellent test-retest reliability (intraclass coefficient correlation 0.77 to 0.99) and good internal consistency (ɑ=0.68 to 0.91), except for the TSK-4 as its reliability has yet to be defined. The minimal detectable change was lower for the TSK-17 (11% to 13% of total score) and the TSK-13 (8% of total score) compared with the TSK-11 (16% of total score). Most TSK versions showed good construct validity, although TSK-11 validity was inconsistent between studies. Finally, the TSK-17, -13, and -11 were highly responsive to change, while responsiveness has yet to be defined for the TSK-4 and TSK-TMD.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Clinical guidelines now recommend that clinicians identify the presence of kinesiophobia among patients as it may contribute to persistent pain and disability. The TSK is a self-report questionnaire widely used, but 5 different versions exist. Based on these results, the use of TSK-13 and TSK-17 is encouraged as they are valid, reliable, and responsive.</p>","PeriodicalId":50678,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Journal of Pain","volume":"39 5","pages":"236-247"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10077401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}