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MeSH Heading: Kinesiophobia
Tree Number(s): F01.100.575.500; F01.470.132.225.500; F03.080.725.375
Unique ID: D000092442
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000092442
Scope Note: Anxiety disorder of persistent and irrational fear of movement following an injury. It is related to perceived disability due to injury and CATASTROPHIZING in fear of (anticipated) PAIN and possibility of REINJURY.
Entry Term(s): Fear of Movement; Kinesophobia; Kinetophobia; Movement Phobia; Pain-Related Activity Avoidance; Phobia, Movement
Previous Indexing: Phobic Disorders (2003-2022)
Public MeSH Note: 2023
History Note: 2023
Date Established: 2023/01/01
Date of Entry: 2022/07/08
Revision Date: 2022/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M000752185
Scope Note: Anxiety disorder of persistent and irrational fear of movement following an injury. It is related to perceived disability due to injury and CATASTROPHIZING in fear of (anticipated) PAIN and possibility of REINJURY.
Terms: Kinesiophobia Preferred Term
Term UI T001112385
Date09/27/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Pain-Related Activity Avoidance
Term UI T001112391
Date09/27/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Movement Phobia
Term UI T001121073
Date06/01/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Fear of Movement
Term UI T001112392
Date09/27/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Kinesophobia
Term UI T001113029
Date10/14/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Kinetophobia
Term UI T001113030
Date10/14/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Phobia, Movement
Term UI T001112393
Date09/27/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023)

Kinesiophobia MeSH Descriptor Data 2025