Chronic pain and sex-differences; women accept and move, while men feel blue.

Graciela S RovnerKatharina S SunnerhagenAnn BjörkdahlBjörn GerdleBjörn BörsboFredrik JohanssonDavid Gillanders

Published in: PloS one (2017)

Pain acceptance (CPAQ-8) and kinesiophobia (TSK) showed the clearest differences between men and women. Pain acceptance and kinesiophobia are behaviorally defined and have the potential to be changed.

Keyphrases

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