Talk:Fear-avoidance model

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1. Definition of avoidance: a behavioral adaptation that delays an undesirable experience
   1. emerges from conditioning to avoid certain pain-inducing situations or activities
   2. normally beneficial by encouraging a person to avoid putting stress on injuries and permitting them to heal
   3. harmful and disabling when pain persists after the injury heals and restricts normal use of the tissue;
2. Definition of anxiety sensitivity: the fear of the symptoms of anxiety
   1. emerges from belief that symptoms of anxiety will lead to harmful social and physical effects
   2. leads to the avoidance of many stimuli, especially those related to pain-inducing situations and activities

1. Fear-Avoidance Model
   1. abbreviated as FA model
   2. elaboration on model: The misinterpretation of pain leads to the fear and avoidance of pain-related situations or activities. This avoidance behavior leads to hypervigilance and disability, which can then lead to positive feedback to the perceived level of pain and depression. However, if the patients perceive the pain in a nonthreatening manner, they will confront the pain-related situations or activities and eventually recover.

Justin Bai (talk)

Some clarification for this sentence might be good."Anxiety sensitivity is the fear of the symptoms of anxiety" It seems redundant to say that they have anxiety about anxiety, but maybe that is actually what it is.

Perhaps provide a link to the Wikipedia article on anxiety sensitivity because I was confused on the definition before I read a more in depth definition. Or add to the definition of anxiety sensitivity. Sailor4510 (talk) 15:39, 17 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

"As a result, the individual repeatedly avoids the pain-inducing activity and most likely overestimates any future pain from the activity." This sentence is a little confusing to me, because you talk about the pain-inducing activity as though you have already talked about it before. It seems a little broad to say "The activity."Michoupichou (talk) 15:40, 17 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

"The fear-avoidance model (or FA model) is a model that describes how individuals develop chronic musculoskeletal pain as a result of avoidance of activities based on fear." What kind of activities? Physical? Michoupichou (talk) 15:42, 17 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

I agree^, also minor thing but I think it's a bit redundant to say "The fear-avoidance model (or FA model) is a model that describes how individuals..." I would just say "The fear-avoidance model (or FA model) describes how individuals..." Sailor4510 (talk)

This part is a bit unclear. Maybe explain what about the research has led some to question its validity? Referencing specific studies or results in this section might be a good way to flesh this topic out.

Binkboy (talk) 15:44, 17 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

I completely agree with the above statement. I would recommend adding citations to this section. Sailor4510 (talk) 16:07, 17 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

here is a better ref for discussion of CFS. --sciencewatcher (talk) 00:33, 12 July 2015 (UTC)Reply