Headache and muscle-skeletal pain in children and adolescents
Headache and muscle-skeletal pain are among the most diffuse kinds of pain in children and adolescents. To know the prevalence of these kinds of pain and the possible association with life habits in modern society, a study on 110 children attending a Tuscany secondary school has been carried out. Tw...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2008-04-01
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| Series: | Pathos |
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| Online Access: | http://www.pathos-journal.com/doc/2008_1-2_Rassegna_Bachiocco.pdf |
| Summary: | Headache and muscle-skeletal pain are among the most diffuse kinds of pain in children and adolescents. To know the prevalence of these kinds of pain and the possible association with life habits in modern society, a study on 110 children attending a Tuscany secondary school has been carried out. Twenty-six students
referred headache or muscle-skeletal pain and sixty-nine both of them. Headache had a higher prevalence in females (53% vs 46%), while muscle-skeletal pain was prevalent in males (54% vs 46%). Low back pain was present especially at the awakening (24%) or following sitting position (11,5%), while the transport of school books was often accompanied by muscular pain (47%).
Sport activity was associated to muscleskeletal pain (72%), as well as the forced and prolonged hypermotility (63%). From this study emerges that the presence of pain is particularly high in subjects in school age, and that some life habits are associated
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| ISSN: | 1593-2354 1593-2354 |