Orthopedic screening using pGALS assessment tools in children’s between 5 and 12 years

Devyani A. Purushe, Prasad P. Dhage, Pratik Phansopkar, Sakshi P. Arora

Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Med. Sci., Wardha, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Musculoskeletal diseases in youngsters are particularly common in schools. Musculoskeletal problems in children should be treated as soon as feasible. pGALs is a screening tool for musculoskeletal issues in children and adolescents. The pGALS (paediatric gait, arms, legs, and spine) is a simple, quick MSK diagnostic instrument that has been validated in school-aged children to identify musculoskeletal problems. This research was carried out in three schools in Wardha: School of Scholars, Alphonsa Senior Secondary School, and Sant Chavara School Sawangi Meghe. The research took six months to complete. A total of 100 students were tested in each school. pGALS will be used to do a musculoskeletal evaluation. Data was collected and analysed using SPSS (version: 20) and the paired T- Test was used. This study concluded according to the age factor ranging from 5-8 years and 9-12 years and it is also revealed from according to the gender factor, according to the BMI, and according to the pgals examination scale score. The number of individuals in the age between 5 to 8 years was approximately 152 individuals i.e. (50.67%) and the individual in the age group 9 to 12 years was approximately 148 individuals i.e. (49.33%). According to the gender factor the male population was taken approximately 140 (46.67%) male and female approximately 160 (53.33%). Then According to the BMI index, the individual having a BMI score less than equal to 18.4 is 272 individual (90.67%) the BMI score in between the range 18.5-24.4 is 25 individual (8.33%) and the individual having a BMI Score greater than equal to 25 is 3 (1%). According to the pGALS scale examination the result is according to the questions that the activity performed or not performed by individual.

Keywords:

pGALS, Clinical skill, Musculoskeletal pain, Normal development, Musculoskeletal examination