Citation

Vernon H, Guerriero R, Kavanaugh S, Puhl A. JCCA J. Can. Chiropr. Assoc. 2015; 59(3): 288-293.

Affiliation

Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Ontario.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Canadian Chiropractic Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

26500363

Abstract

Modify the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) for 'fear of passive motion' beliefs.
METHODS:
With permission, a 14-item modification, the TSK-PM (passive movement), was created. Test-retest reliability was tested first. Construct validity was tested in chronic whiplash patients by comparing the TSK-PM with the TSK, the Neck Disability Index (NDI) and cervical ranges of motion.
RESULTS:
The TSK-PM showed high test-retest reliability (r = 0.83) and high correlation with the original TSK (r = 0.84). Low, non-significant correlations were found with other variables. NDI scores were strongly correlated with ranges of motion.
CONCLUSIONS:
While having high test-retest reliability and a single factor structure, the TSK-PM failed to demonstrate distinctive construct validity vs the original TSK. The original TSK is likely to be sufficient to assess fear of being moved in neck pain patients in a clinical setting. Modifications to the current version of the TSK-PM might improve its construct validity in future studies.
KEYWORDS:
chiropractic; kinesiophobia; reliability; whiplash.

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