Using the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia Short Form in Patients With Upper Extremity Specific Limitations.

ABSTRACT: Background: The Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) is used to quantify fear of painful movement. A shorter form with only 4 questions (TSK-4) can be used by physicians to look for fear of movement independent of catastrophic thinking with less responder and survey burden. We assessed the difference explained in amount of variation in the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Physical Function Upper Extremity (PROMIS PF UE) between the TSK and TSK-4. Additionally, we looked for other factors that were associated with the PROMIS PF UE, and we assessed reliability and validity of the TSK and TSK-4 by looking at mean scaled scores, internal consistency, floor and ceiling effects, interquestionnaire correlations, and collinearity with the Pain Catastrophizing Scale sh

SUBMITTER: Kortlever JTP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8647314 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature