This cross-sectional observational study aims to examine the relationship between psychological and organic pain beliefs and kinesiophobia, pain catastrophizing, pain knowledge, and shoulder functional disability (SPADI) in individuals with shoulder pain. The study seeks to clarify how pain-related beliefs influence physical and psychological outcomes in musculoskeletal shoulder pain.
Individuals aged between 18 and 75 years
Presence of shoulder pain for at least 3 months
Painful arc during flexion or abduction
Positive Neer's or Kennedy-Hawkins tests
History of shoulder dislocation or fracture in the past 12 months
Presence of full-thickness rotator cuff tear
Previous shoulder surgery
Received physiotherapy or corticosteroid injection for the shoulder in the past 3 months