Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2021) | Viewed by 7767

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Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education & Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Interests: pediatric pain; chronic pain; central sensitization; lifestyle interventions; rehabilitation; exercise therapy

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Pain is a common experience in children and adolescents, and although it usually serves an adaptive role, it may have adverse effects on function and social and/or psychological well-being. Pediatric pain rehabilitation is a set of interventions needed when a child is experiencing or is likely to experience limitations in everyday functioning due to pain. It enables individuals from early childhood to late adolescence to maintain or return to their daily life activities, fulfil meaningful life roles, and maximize their well-being. The area of pediatric pain rehabilitation is on the move; however, there is a need to explore areas such as psychoneuroimmunology, exercise physiology, and nutritional (neuro)biology, which could offer unique opportunities to further improve rehabilitation for youth with pain. Additionally, the diversity of health care disciplines involved in pediatric pain rehabilitation (e.g., physicians, psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses) provides a framework for upgrading rehabilitation for youth with pain toward comprehensive lifestyle approaches.

This Special Issue offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a state-of-the-art series on the rehabilitation of pediatric pain from early childhood to late adolescence, including but not limited to the following major areas: cancer pain and pain in childhood cancer survivors, musculoskeletal pain, postsurgical pain, pain in young athletes, visceral pain, pain in rheumatic disorders, and pain in neurological disorders. I am delighted with the initiative by Children to launch this Special Issue. Children’s 2019 Journal Impact Factor is 2.078, and it is ranked 50 out of 128 journals in the category of Pediatrics. We welcome submissions from all pediatric pain experts—clinicians and researchers—around the world to submit their work for consideration in this Special Issue. Manuscript formats can vary from literature reviews (systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses or narrative reviews) to original research (clinical trials, cohort studies, experimental lab work, case-control studies), as long as they are of high quality and advance the pediatric pain rehabilitation field.

Dr. Kelly Ickmans
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Pain neuroscience 
  • Pediatric cancer pain 
  • Pain in childhood cancer survivors 
  • Pediatric postsurgical pain 
  • Pediatric musculoskeletal pain 
  • Pain in young athletes 
  • Pediatric visceral pain 
  • Pain in pediatric neurological disorders 
  • Pediatric rheumatology pain 
  • Pediatric pain psychology 
  • Pediatric pain rehabilitation medicine 
  • Physiotherapy for pediatric pain 
  • Occupational therapy for pediatric pain 
  • Lifestyle interventions for pediatric pain

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Achievement Goals, Fear of Failure and Self-Handicapping in Young Elite Athletes with and without Chronic Pain
by Bodile Molenaar, Charlotte Willems, Jeanine Verbunt and Mariëlle Goossens
Children 2021, 8(7), 591; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/children8070591 - 12 Jul 2021
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Background: Pain is a common problem in elite athletes. This exploratory study compares goal orientations towards sport, fear of failure, self-handicapping and pain catastrophizing between active young elite athletes with and without chronic pain (CP) complaints (longer than three months). It examines the [...] Read more.
Background: Pain is a common problem in elite athletes. This exploratory study compares goal orientations towards sport, fear of failure, self-handicapping and pain catastrophizing between active young elite athletes with and without chronic pain (CP) complaints (longer than three months). It examines the associations between chronic pain, fear of failure, goal orientations, self-handicapping and pain catastrophizing in young elite athletes. We explore how far goal orientation can be explained by these factors. Methods: Young elite athletes completed an online questionnaire. Data analysis: Independent samples t-test, correlational analyses and multivariate regression analyses. Results: Participants were 132 young elite athletes (mean 16 years); data for 126 were analyzed. A total of 47% reported current pain, of which 60% had CP. Adolescents with CP showed significantly more pain intensity, fear of failure, self-handicapping and mastery–avoidance goals than those without. Pain intensity was significantly related to fear of failure, self-handicapping, pain catastrophizing and mastery–avoidance. Self-handicapping and fear of failure contributed significantly to mastery–avoidance variance. Performance–avoidance and –approach goals were explained by fear of failure. Conclusion: CP was common, with sufferers showing more fear of failure and self-handicapping strategies, and being motivated to avoid performing worse (mastery–avoidance). Self-handicapping and fear of failure influenced mastery–avoidance orientation, and fear of failure explained part of performance–avoidance and –approach orientations. Longitudinal studies should explore the role of these factors in the trajectory of CP in these athletes. Full article
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Do Parental Pain Knowledge, Catastrophizing, and Hypervigilance Improve Following Pain Neuroscience Education in Healthy Children?
by Pere Bacardit Pintó, Kelly Ickmans, Emma Rheel, Margot Iwens, Mira Meeus, Jo Nijs and Roselien Pas
Children 2021, 8(5), 420; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/children8050420 - 20 May 2021
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Pediatric chronic pain is a challenging problem for children and their families, although it is still under-recognized and under-treated. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a pain neuroscience education program for children (PNE4Kids) delivered to healthy children aged 8 to [...] Read more.
Pediatric chronic pain is a challenging problem for children and their families, although it is still under-recognized and under-treated. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a pain neuroscience education program for children (PNE4Kids) delivered to healthy children aged 8 to 12 years old and attended by their parents would result in improved parental knowledge about pain neurophysiology, decreased parental pain catastrophizing about their own pain and their children’s, decreased parental pain vigilance and awareness, and decreased fear of pain in children. Twenty-seven healthy child–parent dyads received a 45 min PNE4Kids session. Demographic data were collected, and the Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire (NPQ), Fear of Pain Questionnaire—Parent Proxy Report (FOPQ-P), Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), Pain Catastrophizing Scale for Parents (PCS-P), and the Pain Vigilance and Awareness Questionnaire (PVAQ) were completed by the parents before and after the PNE4Kids session. Twenty-six dyads completed study participation. In response to the PNE4Kids session, significant short-term (1 week) improvements were shown in the NPQ (p < 0.001) and the FOPQ-P (p = 0.002). Parents’ level of pain knowledge and children’s fear of pain, reported by their parents, improved after a 45 min PNE4Kids session. Thus, PNE4Kids should likewise be further investigated in healthy child–parent dyads as it might be useful to target parental and children’s pain cognitions at a young age. Full article
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Recommendations for a Pediatric Pain Education Curriculum for Physical and Occupational Therapists: Scoping Review and Survey
by Marjan Laekeman, Axel Schäfer, Martina Egan Moog and Katrin Kuss
Children 2021, 8(5), 390; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/children8050390 - 13 May 2021
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Specialization training for physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and sports therapists involved in pediatric pain is scarce and curricula are rarely published. The objectives of this study are twofold: firstly, to perform a scoping review to derive important contents for a pediatric pain education curriculum [...] Read more.
Specialization training for physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and sports therapists involved in pediatric pain is scarce and curricula are rarely published. The objectives of this study are twofold: firstly, to perform a scoping review to derive important contents for a pediatric pain education curriculum for specialized pain therapists. Secondly, to conduct a survey on specific contents in curricula currently used by pain experts and to obtain their evaluation regarding the importance of such contents for a specialized curriculum. The review substantiated the importance of a specific curriculum in pediatric pain education, but provided little information on adequate contents. In the survey, 45 experts in pediatric pain education confirmed that specific curricula and specialized contents for pediatric pain education are missing. Their answers give a well-defined picture of the specifics needed in the interaction with a pediatric population. The most important items they classified were e.g., the biopsychosocial framework and the impact of pediatric pain on daily life. Those expert ratings were in line with the recommendations of pediatric pain management guidelines. Further curriculum work in an interdisciplinary, international network is highly recommended. Full article
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