Pain in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: a population‐based registry study

• DOI: 10.1111/apa.13368
• Publication Date: 2016-02-16T13:23:22Z
• Authors: Ann Alriksson‐Sch...; Gunnar Hägglund
• Keywords: Cross-sectional study

We assessed prevalence and location of pain in a total population children adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) based on the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), age gender.This cross-sectional study was last assessment aged 1-14 years combined Swedish follow-up programme national quality register for CP. All were born 2001-2012 reported to registry 2013-2014. Logistic regression used regress age, gender GMFCS level presence pain. also sites among groups.We included 2777 (57% boys) at median 7 years; 32.4% pain, significantly more girls than boys experiencing levels III V I. Pain frequency increased differences found lower extremities abdomen. abdomen hips most frequent V, knee foot I.Our results showed that although many other studies, constituted significant problem