Fear of Movement and Chronic Low Back Pain - psychometric properties of the Czech version of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK)

Abstrakt

Objective: The aim of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Czech version of the

Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) and its validity for patients with chronic low back pain.

Methods: For a sample of n = 669 patients (64.5% women, average age M = 54.98, SD = 15.19), the following methods were used: TSK, Visual Analogue Scale/Intensity/Unpleasantness (VAS/I/U), Body Mass Index

(BMI), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Beck Depression

Inventory (BDI-II).

Klíčová slova

• kinesiophobia
• chronic pain
• psychometrics
• TSK