Influence of psychological factors on the prognosis of chronic shoulder pain: protocol for a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Shoulder pain is a highly prevalent condition. Psychological factors could play an essential role in the prognosis of chronic shoulder pain (CSP). The aims of the study will be to analyse the level of association between psychological factors and pain-disability at baseline and prospectively to assess their prognostic role; to evaluate the association of pain catastrophising and kinesiophobia at baseline and prospectively in the relationship between pain intensity and disability, or between self-efficacy and disability in patients with CSP; to explore the association of self-efficacy at baseline and prospectively in the relationship between pain intensity and disability, in comparison with kinesiophobia and pain catastrophising.

Methods and analysis

The study is

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Calderon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5353267 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature