Use of a pediatric pain screening tool can predict the onset of chronic pain for adolescents with acute childhood musculoskeletal pain, according to researchers.
Lauren Fussner, MA, presented the findings from her study at the 2017 annual meeting of the American Pain Society (abstract 261). She explained that the study, conducted with fellow researchers from Oregon Health & Science University, in Portland, Ore., revealed the effectiveness of a pediatric pain screening tool that could predict