Fear Avoidance Beliefs

Addressing the patient's dysfunctional thinking and gradually exposing them to the activities that cause their fear is an ideal intervention for which type of avoiders?

Affective avoiders

Which type of avoiders are afraid of anything that may provoke their pain and allow it to encompass their mental health and life?

Affective avoiders

Which type of avoiders may need more cognition-based management?

Affective avoiders

Learned pain avoiders experience ____________ disability

mild to moderate

Misinformed avoiders experience ____________ disability

mild to moderate

Which type of avoiders have misinformed beliefs about movement and risk for injury or re-injury?

Misinformed avoiders

Using modalities to desensitize their pain and exercise to promote confidence in pain-free movement is an ideal intervention for which type of avoiders?

Learned pain avoiders

Which type of avoiders have experienced an activity that aggravated the symptoms once, so they avoid ever engaging in it again or similar activities?

Learned pain avoiders

Using patient education to give them the right information about pain and pain-free movement and challenging their beliefs about the importance of pain to restore their confidence in their spine is an ideal intervention for which type of avoiders?

Misinformed avoiders

True or False: The FABQ has been found to be a better predictor of disability than the physical activity scale

True

Define fear avoidance beliefs

concerns or fears about potential for physical activity to produce pain and further injury to the spine

Fear avoidance beliefs ________ recovery and _________ disability

delay; increase

Affective avoiders experience ____________ disability

severe