Acceptability and practicality of pGALS musculoskeletal screening tool in Malawian children

Acceptability and practicality of pGALS musculoskeletal screening tool in Malawian children

Results Fifty-one children (median age 8 years); 23/51 (45%) assessed in emergency department, remainder assessed as in-patients; many (50%) had infection related diagnoses. Practicality of pGALS was good (median time taken to complete pGALS 4 minutes (range 1.8-7.4), completed in 47/51 children (92%) – reason for noncompletion; child being fractious (n=1), trauma related pain (n=1), limb fract...

Acceptability and practicality of a Spanish translation of paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine (pGALS) in Peruvian children

BACKGROUND The paediatric Gait, Arms, Legs and Spine (pGALS) musculoskeletal examination tool is validated for use in school-aged English Speaking children and shown to be practical and effective in acute paediatric practice in the UK and Malawi. Our aim was to assess the acceptability and practicality of a Spanish translation of pGALS in an acute paediatric setting in Peru. FINDINGS Fifty-th...

Assessment of musculoskeletal abnormalities in children with mucopolysaccharidoses using pGALS

BACKGROUND Children with mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) often have musculoskeletal (MSK) abnormalities. Paediatric Gait, Arms, Legs, and Spine (pGALS), is a simple MSK assessment validated in school-age children to detect abnormal joints. We aimed to identify MSK abnormalities in children with MPS performing pGALS. METHODS Videos of children with a spectrum of MPS performing pGALS were analysed....

Musculoskeletal screening examination (pGALS) for school-age children based on the adult GALS screen.

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a musculoskeletal screening examination applicable to school-age children based on the adult Gait, Arms, Legs, Spine (GALS) screen. METHODS Adult GALS was tested in consecutive school-age children attending pediatric rheumatology clinics and was compared with an examination conducted, on the same day, by a pediatric rheumatologist who classified children as h...

Musculoskeletal screening in children.