TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-specific back pain in children and adolescents
T2 - A prospective study until maturity
AU - Mirovsky, Yigal
AU - Jakim, Itzhak
AU - Halperin, Nachum
AU - Lev, Lapidus
PY - 2002/10
Y1 - 2002/10
N2 - Fifty-eight children with non-specific back pain lasting for at least 3 months were included in this prospective study. Not included were children with radicular pain or with abnormal findings on clinical examination, radiography, bone scan, computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. They were all re-examined after skeletal maturity, on average 7.6 years later. Thirty-one children had pain in the lumbar spine, 20 in the thoracic region and seven over the entire spine. Sixty-two percent of the children were still in pain at follow-up. Female sex and pain in the thoracic region were associated with an increased risk of the pain remaining chronic.
AB - Fifty-eight children with non-specific back pain lasting for at least 3 months were included in this prospective study. Not included were children with radicular pain or with abnormal findings on clinical examination, radiography, bone scan, computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. They were all re-examined after skeletal maturity, on average 7.6 years later. Thirty-one children had pain in the lumbar spine, 20 in the thoracic region and seven over the entire spine. Sixty-two percent of the children were still in pain at follow-up. Female sex and pain in the thoracic region were associated with an increased risk of the pain remaining chronic.
KW - Back pain
KW - Children and adolescents
KW - Non-specific pain
KW - Spine
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U2 - 10.1097/01202412-200210000-00001
DO - 10.1097/01202412-200210000-00001
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AN - SCOPUS:0036786201
SN - 1060-152X
VL - 11
SP - 275
EP - 278
JO - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B
JF - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B
IS - 4
ER -