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The purpose of this study was to investigate how kinesiophobia fluctuates in
patients over a four weeks multimodal rehabilitation program and to study the
relationship between work ability and kinesiophobia. The study included 112
patients (94 women, 18 men). Measurements were made before, directly after, 2
months after, and 12 months after the program. The level of work ability was
rated by the patients on a scale from 0% to 100%, and kinesiophobia was measured
by the Swedish version of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK-SV).
Kinesiophobia decreased between the start of the multimodal rehabilitation
program and the follow-up periods. Work ability increased over time, but not
between baseline and the 2-month follow-up. Decreases in the TSK-SV score between
baseline and the 2-month follow-up were related to the increased probability of
improved work ability at the 12-month follow-up. In conclusion, a decrease in
kinesiophobia seems to be related to increased work ability of patients
participating in a 4-week multimodal rehabilitation program.

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