Poor prognosis of child and adolescent musculoskeletal pain: a systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify baseline patient characteristics that are (1) associated with a poor outcome on follow-up regardless of which treatment was provided (prognosis) or (2) associated with a successful outcome to a specific treatment (treatment effect modifiers).

Design

Systematic literature review according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines.

Data sources

Medline, Embase, Cinahl, Web of Science, Cochrane, SportDiscus, OT Seeker and PsychInfo were searched for prospective cohort studies up to February 2019 without limitation in publication date.

Eligibility criteria

Prospective cohort studies reporting either prognostic factors or treatment effect modifiers on persistent musculoskeletal pain in 0-year-old to 19-ye

SUBMITTER: Pourbordbari N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661566 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature