Affiliations: Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Correspondence:
[*]
Corresponding author: İlkşan Demirbüken, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. Tel.: +90 216 459 45 60; Fax: +90 216 399 62 42; E-mail:ilksan_d@hotmail.com
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Little research is available concerning physical activity and
its determinants in people with chronic neck pain. OBJECTIVE: To explore the relation between kinesiophobia and physical
activity and gender effect on these relations in people with chronic neck
pain. METHODS: Ninety-nine subjects (34 men and 65 women) with chronic neck pain
were participated in the study. Pain intensity was assessed with Visual
Analog Scale and kinesiophobia degree was determined by using Tampa Scale of
Kinesiophobia. Level of physical activity was assessed with short form of
the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. RESULTS: There was no statistically correlation between neck pain intensity
and kinesiophobia degree (p= 0.246, r= 0.123) and physical activity level
(p= 0.432, r= -0.083). It was also found that kinesiophobia degree was not
correlated to physical activity level (p= 0.148, r= -0.153). There was a
negative correlation between kinesiophobia degree and physical activity
level only for women, not for men (p= 0.011, r= -0.318). CONCLUSIONS: Our results showed that although people with
chronic neck pain reported higher pain intensity and fear of movement, pain
intensity and kinesiophobia degree did not associate to their physical
activity levels. It can be speculated that high kinesiophobia degrees cause
low physical activity levels for women, but not for men.
