PREVALENCE OF KINESIOPHOBIA AMONG THE TENNIS ELBOW PATIENTS IN INDIA

Veena Kirthika.S; Mustafa Murtuza; Padmanabhan.K; Selvaraj Sudhakar; Sathya.S

Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2018

PREVALENCE OF KINESIOPHOBIA AMONG THE TENNIS ELBOW PATIENTS IN INDIA

Veena Kirthika. S, Mustafa Murtuza, Padmanabhan. K, Selvaraj Sudhakar, Sathya. S

Abstract :

Background: Physiotherapy is the essence which is widely used to treat musculoskeletal pain. One of the common conditions which currently prevail around globe is Tennis Elbow or lateral epicondylitis. It was interesting to evaluate the attitude of the patients towards the physiotherapy modules prescribed to them.

Methodology: The subjects were enrolled from Physiotherapy centres and hospitals. The common inclusion criteria were subjects in the age group between 25-40 years having musculoskeletal pain. The subjects were community dwelling populace and the study limited to this inclusion in order to have uniformity in the study. Non co-operative subjects were excluded from the study. Initially, 57 subjects were included, among which 5 subjects were excluded due to unavailability of reliable reports.

Results: Among 52 subjects, 21 subjects scored 59.6(mean) in their Kinesiophobia evaluation using Tampa scale. These values suggest that Kinesiophobia can be present in any form of musculoskeletal disorders such as tennis elbow.

Conclusion: Various cradles of attributes pointed out towards the importance of Tampa scale in determining kinesiophobia and its reliability in various musculoskeletal disorders.