Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between kinesiophobia and exercise barriers/benefits and disability in patients with Chronic Neck Pain (CNP) and to examine the difference between kinesiophobia, exercise barriers/benefits and disability in patients categorized according to age.

Materials and Methods: Demographic data of the patients who were followed up with a diagnosis of CNP were recorded. The patients were divided into two groups: 20-39 and 40-60 years old. There were 7 patients in the 20-39 age group and 33 patients in the 40-60 age group. Exercise barriers were assessed with the Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale (EBBS), disability with the Bournemouth Neck Questionnaire (BNQ), and kinesiophobia with the Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale (TKS).

Results: The study was completed with 40 patients diagnosed with CNP. When the variables were examined by categorizing the age, no statistically significant difference was found between the two groups in the participants' BMI, BNQ, TKS and EBBS-Benefits scale (p>0.05). There was a statistically significant difference between the participants aged 40-60 years and the participants aged 20-39 years on the EBBS-Barriers scale (p=0.015). In addition, there was a moderate negative correlation (r=-0.552, p=0.01) between the TKS score and the EBBS-Benefits score, and a moderate positive correlation (r=0.603, p<0.01) between the TKS score and the EBBS-Barriers score in participants aged 40-60 years.

Conclusion: The results of our study demonstrated that kinesiophobia is one of the barriers to exercise in patients with CNP. Kinesiophobia should be improved to increase exercise participation in patients with CNP with this study.