“…However, moderate or severe pain is observed in 50%-70% of patients following TKA surgery due to arthrofibrosis, avascular necrosis, infection, nerve damage, and patellar complications (Gasbjerg et al, 2022;Li et al, 2020). On the other hand, it has been stated that 60% of the pain seen in patients is associated with kinesiophobia, which is defined as the fear of movement (Bakırhan et al, 2023;De Vroey et al, 2020;Najafi et al, 2022). A systematic review of studies conducted on patients undergoing TKA showed that kinesiophobia was associated with pain and reduced self-care ability and functionality in patients, thereby negatively affecting recovery, prolonging the length of hospital stay, and negatively affecting the success of the operation (Brown et al, 2020).…”