Meanings
nounkinesophobia (uncountable)
- uncountableA 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
Origin
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