Relationships between pain cognitions and physical function in a sample of racially diverse, sedentary individuals with chronic pain
Pain catastrophizing and kinesiophobia are associated with an individual's perceived physical functioning. Behavioral interventions designed to enhance physical function may benefit from including cognitive restructuring to challenge catastrophic thoughts about pain, as well as thoughts about injuring oneself or worsening pain with movement. More work is needed to understand why neither pain catastrophizing nor kinesiophobia were significantly associated with performance-based or objective assessment of physical function. It is possible that other pain-related cognitions, for example self-efficacy for pain control, or variables (e.g., in vivo pain catastrophizing, mood, stress, sleep) assessed closer in time to performance-based or objective measures of physical function are more relevant.
Authors
- Jonathan Greenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4875-2207)
- Robert A. Parker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9666-5941)
- Ana‐Maria Vranceanu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3994-6488)
- John W. Burns
- Gary Polykoff
- Julie Brewer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5581-2434)
- Ronald J. Kulich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3282-3952)
- Donny M. Camera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6494-9472)
- Hannah M. Fisher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8769-6060)
- Sarah A. Kelleher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0668-6803)
- Tamara J. Somers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8809-2979)
- K. Mcdermott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9269-1819)
- Francis J. Keefe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0583-9326)
- Julia E Hooker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9890-7572)
- Rebecca W. Jeddi
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- George Mason University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Rush University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pain Practice
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/papr.70031
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health