Pain and Disability in Osteoarthritis: a Review of Biobehavioral Mechanisms

Overview

Journal J Behav Med

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 1992 Apr 1

PMID 1533877

Citations 46

Authors

J Dekker

B Boot

L H van der Woude

J W Bijlsma

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Abstract

Pain and disability are cardinal symptoms in osteoarthritis. The literature is reviewed in order to identify causes of these symptoms at the articular, kinesiological, and psychological level. It is concluded that pain and disability are associated with degeneration of cartilage and bone (articular level), with muscle weakness and limitations in joint motion (kinesiological level), and with anxiety, coping style, attentional focus on symptoms, and possibly depression (psychological level). Biobehavioral mechanisms of pain and disability which explain the observed associations are described and the empirical evidence for these mechanisms is evaluated. Methodological and conceptual deficiencies in the research reviewed are pointed out and suggestions for further research are given.

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