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Lookup NU author(s): Vicky Mercer, Dr Sharmila JandialORCiD, Professor Michela GuglieriORCiD, Emerita Professor Helen Foster
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. Musculoskeletal (MSK) problems in children are common, and health-care professionals must identify those requiring onward referral. Paediatric gait, arms, legs and spine (pGALS) is an MSK assessment to discern abnormal joints. We aimed to identify MSK assessments to add to pGALS (pGALSplus) to facilitate decision-making in the context of exemplar conditions representing a spectrum of MSK presentations, namely JIA, mucopolysaccharidoses, muscular dystrophy and developmental co-ordination disorder. A literature review identified 35 relevant articles that focused on clinical assessments [including questionnaire(s), physical examination and functional tests] used by health-care professionals in the context of the exemplar conditions. We provide a description of these assessments and the rationale regarding how they, or components of such tools, might be useful within pGALSplus. This process provides a foundation for further work to develop and validate pGALSplus.
Author(s): Mercer V, Smith N, Jandial S, Guglieri M, Jones SA, Foster HE
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Rheumatology Advances in Practice
Year: 2024
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Print publication date: 27/01/2024
Online publication date: 23/01/2024
Acceptance date: 28/12/2023
ISSN (electronic): 2514-1775
Publisher: Oxford University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkae004
DOI: 10.1093/rap/rkae004
