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Purpose/aim: To investigate the relationship of pain intensity, disability level, physical activity level, and body awareness with kinesiophobia in pregnant women with low back pain (LBP)., Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the obstetrics and gynaecologic clinic of a tertiary centre. Eighty-six pregnant women were included in the study. Pain intensity, disability level, physical activity, body awareness, and kinesiophobia were assessed with a Visual Analogue Scale, the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), the Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ), and the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK), respectively., Results: Kinesiophobia score was high in pregnant women with LBP (40.01 ± 9.02). In pregnant women with LBP, a weak positive correlation was found between kinesiophobia with mean intensity of LBP ( r =  0.339, p  = 0.001) and intensity of LBP in activity ( r  = 0.283, p  = 0.008); a moderate positive correlation between kinesiophobia and disability score ( r  = 0.539, p  = 0.001); and a weak negative correlation between kinesiophobia and physical activity level ( r  = -0.308, p  = 0.004) and body awareness ( r  = -0.324, p  = 0.002). There was no relationship between kinesiophobia and intensity of LBP at rest ( r  = 0.160, p  = 0.142) and nocturnal LBP intensity ( r  = 0.176, p  = 0.105)., Conclusions: LBP intensity, disability level, physical activity level, and body awareness were significantly correlated with kinesiophobia in pregnant women with LBP. Therefore, kinesiophobia may be addressed as an important issue in pregnancy education programs.

The hand is one of the most injured organs. Proprioceptive rehabilitation decreases the incidence of injury while using external supports can increase proprioception. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of taping and elastic bandaging on wrist joint position sense (proprioception) in healthy individuals. Sixty-eight healthy students were included in our study and randomized into two groups. External supports were to apply to the dominant hand for 24hours in both groups. Joint position sense was evaluated with an angle reproduction test before applying the external support and 20 minutes after and then 24hours later with the external support and after removing it. There were significant improvements in joint position sense 20 minutes after applying the external support and 24hours later (P<0.05). Although a significant decrease in joint position sense was observed after removing the external support compared to while wearing it (P<0.05), there was a significant improvement in the joint position sense relative to the pre-study assessment (P<0.05). In between group comparisons, the only significant difference was observed 20 minutes after the external support was applied: the taping group had better results in joint flexion position sense than the bandaging group (P<0.05), but in the other assessments there were no significant differences between two groups (P>0.05). It was found that two different types of external support can improve the wrist joint's position sense in healthy subjects. These procedures can be used as a supplemental treatment in wrist rehabilitation., (Copyright © 2019 SFCM. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)