Assessment and Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome in Children: A Review

SHAHANA AKHTER RAHMAN1, MUJAMMEL HAQUE2, MOHAMMED MAHBUBUL ISLAM3

Abstract
Musculoskeletal pain is a frequent complaint of children, is the most common
presenting problem of children referred to pediatric rheumatology clinics. Chronic
musculoskeletal (MSK) pain in children is responsible for substantial personal impacts
and societal costs, but it has not been intensively or systematically researched. The
majority of musculoskeletal pain complaints in children are benign in nature and
attributable to trauma, overuse, and normal variations in skeletal growth. There is a
subset of children in whom chronic pain complaints develop that persist in the absence
of physical and laboratory abnormalities including growing Pain, juvenile fibromyalgia,
complex regional pain syndrome. During recent years studies of the epidemiology,
etiology and rehabilitation of pain and pain-associated disability in children have
revealed a large prevalence of clinically relevant pain, and have emphasized the need
for early recognition and intervention.
Keywords: Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain syndrome, Growing Pain, Juvenile
Fibromyalgia, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

 

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