Self-efficacy and Emotional Distress in a Cohort With Patellofemoral Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is commonly described and approached in biomechanical terms despite strong evidence that psychosocial factors such as kinesiophobia, emotional distress, and self-efficacy are important in long-standing musculoskeletal pain.

Purpose

To describe levels of self-efficacy, emotional distress, kinesiophobia, and widespread pain in a cohort with long-standing PFP and determine their association with measures of pain, function, and health-related quality of life.

Study design

Cross-sectional study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods

Included were 112 patients with PFP (age range, 16-40 years) who had been recruited to a randomized controlled trial. Seven baseline factors (patient sex, pain duration, number of pain sites throughout the bo

SUBMITTER: Hott A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8908394 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature