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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 practica...

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Autores principales: Abernethy, Katrina, Jandial, Sharmila, Hill, Lucy, Sánchez, Ernesto Salazar, Foster, Helen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4395967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25873841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-12-48
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author Abernethy, Katrina
Jandial, Sharmila
Hill, Lucy
Sánchez, Ernesto Salazar
Foster, Helen
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description 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-three school-aged children presenting to Hospital Regional de Loreto, Peru were recruited to undergo a pGALS examination using a Spanish translation of the instructions. The pGALS examination was completed in 92.5% (49/53), with the time taken (median 4.42 minutes) being acceptable to most parents (98.1%, 52/53). Most children (88.7%, 47/53), found the pGALS examination caused ‘little’ or ‘no additional discomfort’. Using pGALS, significant findings were observed in 18/53 (34%) children; these related to fractures (4/18), hypermobility (4/18), infectious causes (5/18) and soft tissue trauma (5/18). CONCLUSION: Using this Spanish translation, pGALS assessment was practical, acceptable and effective in detecting musculoskeletal changes in many children. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1546-0096-12-48) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-43959672015-04-14 Acceptability and practicality of a Spanish translation of paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine (pGALS) in Peruvian children Abernethy, Katrina Jandial, Sharmila Hill, Lucy Sánchez, Ernesto Salazar Foster, Helen Pediatr Rheumatol Online J Short Report 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-three school-aged children presenting to Hospital Regional de Loreto, Peru were recruited to undergo a pGALS examination using a Spanish translation of the instructions. The pGALS examination was completed in 92.5% (49/53), with the time taken (median 4.42 minutes) being acceptable to most parents (98.1%, 52/53). Most children (88.7%, 47/53), found the pGALS examination caused ‘little’ or ‘no additional discomfort’. Using pGALS, significant findings were observed in 18/53 (34%) children; these related to fractures (4/18), hypermobility (4/18), infectious causes (5/18) and soft tissue trauma (5/18). CONCLUSION: Using this Spanish translation, pGALS assessment was practical, acceptable and effective in detecting musculoskeletal changes in many children. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1546-0096-12-48) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2014-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4395967/ /pubmed/25873841 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-12-48 Text en © Abernethy et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Abernethy, Katrina
Jandial, Sharmila
Hill, Lucy
Sánchez, Ernesto Salazar
Foster, Helen
Acceptability and practicality of a Spanish translation of paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine (pGALS) in Peruvian children
title Acceptability and practicality of a Spanish translation of paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine (pGALS) in Peruvian children
title_full Acceptability and practicality of a Spanish translation of paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine (pGALS) in Peruvian children
title_fullStr Acceptability and practicality of a Spanish translation of paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine (pGALS) in Peruvian children
title_full_unstemmed Acceptability and practicality of a Spanish translation of paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine (pGALS) in Peruvian children
title_short Acceptability and practicality of a Spanish translation of paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine (pGALS) in Peruvian children
title_sort acceptability and practicality of a spanish translation of paediatric gait arms legs and spine (pgals) in peruvian children
topic Short Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4395967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25873841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-12-48
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