Abstract
STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.
BACKGROUND: Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) has a negative impact on physical functioning. During adolescence, joint hypermobility is a potential risk factor for developing CMP, and pain-related fear contributes to the persistence of CMP. Whether pain-related fear and hypermobility are related, and even reinforce each other, resulting in a stronger association with perceived level of disability, is still unknown.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether pain-related fear has a stronger association with disability in hypermobile compared to nonhypermobile adolescents with CMP. (5)
METHODS: The study included 116 adolescents with CMP. The presence of hypermobility was assessed using the Beighton score. Measures of pain intensity, age, sex, and pain-related fear were collected and included in the multivariable model. Hierarchical regression analysis, with disability as the dependent variable, was used to examine the interaction between hypermobility and pain-related fear.
RESULTS: Hypermobile adolescents with CMP do not have more pain-related fear compared to nonhypermobile adolescents with CMP. There was no interaction effect between hypermobility and pain-related fear in explaining disability (beta = .20, P = .42). Similarly, perceived harmfulness of balance-related activities was not more strongly associated with disability in hypermobile adolescents with CMP.
CONCLUSION: The association of pain-related fear with the perceived level of disability is not more pronounced in hypermobile compared to nonhypermobile adolescents with CMP.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 775-781 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2017 |
Keywords
- Beighton
- disability
- joint hypermobility syndrome
- perceived harmfulness
- LOW-BACK-PAIN
- GENERALIZED JOINT HYPERMOBILITY
- FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY INVENTORY
- UNEXPLAINED CHRONIC PAIN
- CHRONIC PEDIATRIC PAIN
- QUALITY-OF-LIFE
- FOLLOW-UP
- PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY
- AVOIDANCE MODEL
- PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES