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kinesiophobia

kinesiophobia is the alternative form of kinesophobia.

Meaning of kinesophobia

Noun

kinesophobia (uncountable)

  1. A pathological fear of motion or movement.
    • Vlaeyen and colleagues studied 103 chronic low back pain patients, exploring the relationship of kinesophobia with demographic, pain-related, and affective variables.1998, Michael J. Cousins, Phillip O. Bridenbaugh, Neural blockade in clinical anesthesia and management of pain, number 494, page 1126

Questions about kinesiophobia

What is kinesiophobia the alternative form of?
Kinesiophobia is the alternative form of kinesophobia.

Words near kinesiophobia in the dictionary

  1. kinesiometer
  2. kinesiometers
  3. kinesioneuroses
  4. kinesioneurosis
  5. kinesiopathological
  6. kinesiophobia
  7. kinesiophobic
  8. kinesiotherapist
  9. kinesiotherapists
  10. kinesiotherapy
  11. kinesipath

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