Fear-avoidance model

The fear-avoidance model is a model that describes how individuals develop chronic musculoskeletal pain as a result of avoidance of activities based on fear.^[1][2] Introduced by Lethem et al. in 1983, this model helped explain how these individuals experience pain despite the absence of pathology.^[2][3][4] If an individual experiences acute pain and manages the situation by using avoidant behavior, a lack of pain increase would reinforce this behavior.^[5] However, this avoidant behavior may cause the individual to decrease exercise which may in turn lead to increased disability.^[5] In 1993, Waddell et al. developed a Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ) which showed that fear-avoidance beliefs about physical activities are strongly related to work loss.^[5][2][6]

Fear-avoidance model

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4. From Acute to Chronic Back Pain. Oxford University Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-19-162572-5. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
5. Herbert H. Zaretsky; Edwin F. Richter; Myron G. Eisenberg (21 June 2005). Medical Aspects Of Disability: A Handbook For The Rehabilitation Professional. Springer Publishing Company. pp. 223–4. ISBN 978-0-8261-7973-9. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
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