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Kinesiophobia

Kinesiophobia Kinesiophobia is a mental health condition involving a lasting, irrational fear of movement after an injury.

Kinesiophobia is a mental health condition involving a lasting, irrational fear of movement after an injury. It is linked to feeling disabled by the injury and to catastrophic fears that movement will cause pain or reinjury.

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Drafting source: U.S. National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), 2026. “Kinesiophobia” (D000092442).
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