Cited by 45Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques

High levels of kinesiophobia at discharge from the hospital may negatively affect the short-term functional outcome of patients who have undergone knee replacement surgery

Open access
De Vroey, Henri, Claeys, Kurt, Shariatmadar, Keivan, Weygers, Ive, Vereecke, Evie, Van Damme, Geert, Hallez, Hans, Staes, Filip·2020·Journal of Clinical Medicine

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Kinesiophobia is a psycho-cognitive factor that hampers recovery after orthopedic surgery. No evidence exists on the influence of kinesiophobia on the short-term recovery of function in patients with knee replacement (KR). Therefore, the aim of the present study is to investigate the impact of kinesiophobia on short-term patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) and performance-based measures (PBMs). METHODS: = 19). Patients were asked to complete PROMs and to execute PBMs at discharge and at 6-weeks follow-up. An independent samples t-test was used to compare group differences for PROMs and PBMs at both measurement sessions. Multiple linear regression analysis models were used to model PBM outcomes from age, pain and TSK scores. RESULTS: Significant differences were observed between groups for PROMs and PBMs. Kinesiophobia significantly contributed to the reduced functional outcomes. CONCLUSION: At discharge from the hospital, 55.8% of KR patients demonstrated high levels of kinesiophobia (TSK ≥ 37). This may negatively influence short-term recovery of these patients, by putting them at higher risk for falling and reduced functionality.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.3390/jcm9030738

Cites

54 of 54 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • Providing the treatment within the first 2 weeks following surgery coincides with the phase when patients gradually resume activity and are at increased risk of developing avoidance behaviors in response to pain.

    “providing the treatment within the first 2 weeks following surgery coincides with the phase when patients gradually resume activity and are at increased risk of developing avoidance behaviors in response to pain, which might lead to worse outcomes.40”

    From Acceptance and commitment therapy for prevention of chronic pain after total knee arthroplasty. (2026) · cites this paper as [40]

    The Introduction and Discussion (pages not available in our copy) link fear of movement after knee surgery to inactivity, disuse, and poorer recovery, supporting the concern about avoidance and outcomes. The paper does not establish that patients gradually resume activity or face an increased risk of developing pain-related avoidance specifically within the first two weeks after surgery; it assessed patients at discharge (three days) and at six weeks. (LLM, conf=0.85)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
De Vroey, H., Claeys, K., Shariatmadar, K., Weygers, I., Vereecke, E., Van Damme, G., Hallez, H., & Staes, F.
Affiliations
  • KU Leuven, Campus Bruges, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Spoorwegstraat 12, 8200 Bruges, Belgium
  • KU Leuven (BE)
  • AZ Sint Lucas Hospital, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sint-Lucaslaan 29, 8310 Bruges, Belgium
Venue
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-03-09
Volume
9
Issue
3
Pages
738
ISSN
2077-0383 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3010034962
Cited by
45
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 1
FWCI
3.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Lirias (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
European Regional Development Fund (1047)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
Keywords
kinesiophobia, knee arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty, postoperative recovery, functional outcome, patient-reported outcomes, performance-based measures, fear of falling, hospital discharge, postoperative pain

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review