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