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ReviewBest practice & research. Clinical rheumatology2020

Improving musculoskeletal health for children and young people - A 'call to action'.

Helen E Foster, Christiaan Scott, Carl J Tiderius, Matthew B Dobbs, Members of the Paediatric Global Musculoskeletal Task Force

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In one paragraph

Review in Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Sociodemographic disparities in primary care management of back pain in children and young people: a population-based cohort study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  3. Contribution of insulin‑like growth factor‑1 to tendon repair (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025
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  5. The inequity of global healthcare in pediatric rheumatology.Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2024
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  8. Pediatric rheumatology education: the virtual frontier a review.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2024
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  13. Provision of rehabilitation for congenital conditions.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2022
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  18. Pediatric rheumatology in Africa: thriving amidst challenges.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 8 institutions in 8 countries.

Helen E FosterNewcastle University UK and Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia, Paediatric Rheumatology, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK. Electronic address: h.e.foster@newcastle.ac.uk.
Christiaan ScottUniversity Cape Town, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Cape Town, South Africa. Electronic address: chris.scott@uct.ac.za.
Carl J TideriusDepartment of Orthopaedics Skane University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: carl_johan.tiderius@med.lu.se.
Matthew B DobbsWashington University School of Medicine, St Louis Children's Hospital, Missouri, USA, One Children's Place, Suite 4S60, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: dobbsm@wustl.edu.
Members of the Paediatric Global Musculoskeletal Task Force
Mahidol University · THRed Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital · ZAAga Khan University Hospital Nairobi · KENational Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · USNational University Hospital · SGNewcastle University Medicine Malaysia · MYSkåne University Hospital · SESt. Louis Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/P028071/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This chapter describes the musculoskeletal (MSK) context in children and young people as an important contributor to the global non-communicable disease burden. Through selected MSK conditions, we describe the impact on patients, families and communities and highlight the challenges that need to be addressed. We focus on opportunities for better working together and describe exemplar initiatives to raise awareness, workforce capacity building, models of care and research agendas to have a greater global context.

Indexed as

Musculoskeletal DiseasesAdolescentChildHumansWorkforceAwarenessBurdenChildrenImpactModels of careMusculoskeletalWorkforce capacityYoung people

Identifiers

PMID32727697
PMCPMC7382962
OpenAlexW3044775562

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