Breadth and visibility of children's lower limb chronic musculoskeletal pain: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the types of conditions reported in peer-reviewed literature that result in chronic musculoskeletal lower limb pain in children and adolescents and explore the alignment of these conditions with the chronic pain reporting codes indexed in the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11).

Design

This scoping review follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.

Data sources

Five electronic databases were searched (Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library).

Eligibility criteria

Articles involving children and adolescents under 18 years and reporting on chronic musculoskeletal pain of the lower limb were included.

Data extraction and synthesis

We assigned

SUBMITTER: Ilhan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11529614 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature