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Influence of Psychological Factors on Pain and Disability in Anterior Knee Pain Patients

Julio DoménechVicente Sanchis-alfonsoBegoña Espejo

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medicine.medical_specialtyAnterior knee painmedia_common.quotation_subjectChronic painCognitionmedicine.disease:CIENCIAS MÉDICAS [UNESCO]Minnesota Multiphasic Personality InventoryFeelingPerceptionUNESCO::CIENCIAS MÉDICASPhysical therapymedicinePain catastrophizingSomatization disorderPsychologymedia_common

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AKP patients express chronic pain but also disability. However, the correlation between pain and disability is not complete and linear. Some patients with a lot of pain show mild disability while others with much less pain also show great disability. The disability is profoundly influenced by other emotional and cognitive factors that are associated with the perception of pain. Therefore, the clinical efforts do not have to be focused only on treating the pain as a feeling but on identifying and modifying these factors.

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2011-01-01
http://hdl.handle.net/10550/39133