Association of Kinesiophobia with Pain, Disability, Fall Self-Efficacy and Quality of Life in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Correlational Study
Background: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a chronic progressive degenerative joint disease affecting more than 250 million people worldwide. Kinesiophobia—an excessive, irrational fear of physical movement resulting from perceived vulnerability to reinjury— is increasingly recognised as a major biopsychosocial determina...