“…The early improvements in FRR and ROM, reported in the present study, combined with the overall decrease in fear of movement suggest that psychological factors may modulate the participants' neuromechanical behavior, as observed in previous study. 23,24 Because participants' expectations of pain level can translate into various neuromechanical changes during a trunk flexion-extension, participants in the present study may have avoided full ROM while performing the first trials of the first 2 sessions. Values are expressed as mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated.…”