Clinical Phenotyping of Youth With New-Onset Musculoskeletal Pain: A Controlled Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The course of pediatric musculoskeletal pain from acute to chronic has not been well described and there is limited understanding of how to identify individuals with new-onset pain who may be predisposed to developing persisting symptoms. Thus, the purpose of this study was to describe the clinical phonotype of treatment-seeking youth with new-onset musculoskeletal pain compared with youth with and without chronic pain. Further, we tested predictors of pain-related disability and pain sensitivity in the new-onset pain sample.

Methods

Participants were 191 youth, ages 10 to 17 years, representing 3 cohorts (new-onset musculoskeletal pain, chronic musculoskeletal pain, and a comparison group without chronic pain). Participants completed questionnaire measures of pai

SUBMITTER: Lewandowski Holley A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5140689 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature