Dissociation and Pain-Catastrophizing: Absorptive Detachment as a Higher-Order Factor in Control of Pain-Related Fearful Anticipations Prior to Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)

Dissociation and Pain-Catastrophizing: Absorptive Detachment as a Higher-Order Factor in Control of Pain-Related Fearful Anticipations Prior to Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)

Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is the ultima-ratio therapy for knee-osteoarthritis (OA), which is a paradigmatic condition of chronic pain. A hierarchical organization may explain the reported covariation of pain-catastrophizing (PC) and dissociation, which is a trauma-related psychopathology. This s...

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Main Authors: Matthias Vogel, Martin Krippl, Lydia Frenzel, Christian Riediger, Jörg Frommer, Christoph Lohmann, Sebastian Illiger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
total knee arthroplasty (TKA)
pain-catastrophizing
dissociation
hierarchical structure
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/8/5/697

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