ArticleClinical rheumatology2012
Acceptability and practicality of pGALS in screening for rheumatic disease in Malawian children.
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- The development of pGALSplus: evaluating feasibility and acceptability of an assessment to facilitate the identification and triage of children with musculoskeletal presentations.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2024Article
- Estimating the prevalence and predictors of musculoskeletal disorders in Tanzania: a cross-sectional pilot study.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
- Beyond pGALS: the need for a multifaceted musculoskeletal decision-making tool ('pGALSplus') in community-based clinical practice.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2024Review
- Reliability of the tunisian pediatric gait, arms, legs, and spine: toward a valid screening tool for tunisian children with musculoskeletal conditions.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2023Article
- Identification of musculoskeletal problems using pGALS examination in school going boys in Chennai, India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Acceptability and Practicality of a Quick Musculoskeletal Examination into Sports Medicine Pre-Participation Evaluation.Pediatric reports · 2022Article
- A mixed methods evaluation of the Paediatric Musculoskeletal Matters (PMM) online portfolio.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2021Article
- Medical education in pediatric rheumatology-unique challenges and opportunities.Clinical rheumatology · 2020Review
- Cross-cultural validation of the paediatric Gait, Arms, Legs, Spine (pGALS) tool for the screening of musculoskeletal disorders in Mexican children.Rheumatology international · 2016Article
- What do they need to know: achieving consensus on paediatric musculoskeletal content for medical students.BMC medical education · 2015Article
- Acceptability and practicality of a Spanish translation of paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine (pGALS) in Peruvian children.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2014Article
- Assessment of musculoskeletal abnormalities in children with mucopolysaccharidoses using pGALS.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2014Observational
- pGALS - paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine: a simple examination of the musculoskeletal system.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2013Article
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The pGALS (paediatric Gait, Arms, Legs, Spine) Musculoskeletal (MSK) screen is validated in English-speaking school-aged children and has been shown to be useful in acute paediatric practice in the UK. The aim of this study is to evaluate the practicality and acceptability of pGALS in children in an acute hospital setting in Malawi. School-aged inpatients and children presenting to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Blantyre, Malawi, participated. Practicality (time taken, degree of completion) and patient/parent assessed acceptability (time take, discomfort) were assessed using a 'smiley face' visual analogue scale. Fifty-one children (median age 8 years) were assessed; 23 out of 51 (45%) in the emergency department and the remainder were inpatients. Most presentations were infection or trauma related (n = 35, 69%). Practicality of pGALS was good [median time to complete pGALS--4 min (range 1.8-7.4)] and completed in 48 out of 51 children (94%). Acceptability was high; 98% of parents considered the time taken to be acceptable, 84% of children deemed little/no additional discomfort. Abnormalities using pGALS were found in 21 out of 51 (41%), mostly in the lower limbs. The pGALS MSK screen was practical and acceptable in this acute setting. Abnormal findings were common.
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