Kinesiophobia has been established as an important factor among the patients with musculoskeletal pain. Thus the study aims to explore prevalence of kinesiophobia among patient with shoulder pain and also to find out the correlation between age and kinesiophobia and pain and kinesiophobia. Aims and Objectives: To find out the prevalence of kinesiophobia among the patients having shoulder pain. To find out correlation between kinesiophobia and age. To find out the correlation between pain and

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... esiophobia Methodology: A study with 50 subjects of age group between 40 to70 patients suffering from acute, subacute and chronic shoulder pain were selected. Pain was measured using NPRS and subjects were assessed using the tampa scale of kinesiophobia in which the scores above 37 were considered to have positive kinesiophobia whereas the score below were considered negative. Result- Positive kinesiophobia was present in 40 patients out of 50 that is 80% .This study also shows positive correlation between age and kinesiophobia with significant p value and also positive correlation between pain and TSK score. Conclusion: The study concludes that positive kinesiophobia is strongly associated with majority of the older adult patient with acute, subacute and chronic shoulder pain. Also with increasing age patients developed more severe kinesiophobia. Patient associated with high intensity of pain have higher tampa score. Key words: kinesiophobia, shoulder pain, Tampa scale.