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pGALS – paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine: a simple examination of the musculoskeletal system

Overview of attention for article published in Pediatric Rheumatology, November 2013
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (93rd percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (99th percentile)

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Title
pGALS – paediatric Gait Arms Legs and Spine: a simple examination of the musculoskeletal system
Published in
Pediatric Rheumatology, November 2013
DOI 10.1186/1546-0096-11-44
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Authors

Helen E Foster, Sharmila Jandial

Abstract

We describe pGALS (paediatric Gait, Arms, Legs and Spine) - a simple quick musculoskeletal assessment to distinguish abnormal from normal joints in children and young people. The use of pGALS is aimed at the non-specialist in paediatric musculoskeletal medicine as a basic clinical skill to be used in conjunction with essential knowledge about red flags, normal development and awareness of patterns of musculoskeletal pathologies. pGALS has been validated in school-aged children and also in the context of acute general paediatrics to detect abnormal joints. We propose that pGALS is an important part of basic clinical skills to be acquired by all doctors who may be involved in the care of children. The learning of pGALS along with basic knowledge is a useful way to increase awareness of joint disease, facilitate early recognition of joint problems and prompt referral to specialist teams to optimise clinical outcomes. We have compiled this article as a resource that can be used by the paediatric rheumatology community to facilitate teaching.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 <1%
Bangladesh 1 <1%
Belarus 1 <1%
Unknown 138 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Postgraduate 21 15%
Student > Master 19 13%
Other 18 13%
Student > Bachelor 14 10%
Researcher 10 7%
Other 26 18%
Unknown 33 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 60 43%
Nursing and Health Professions 21 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 3%
Sports and Recreations 3 2%
Arts and Humanities 3 2%
Other 16 11%
Unknown 34 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 June 2022.
All research outputs
#1,610,841
of 24,578,676 outputs
Outputs from Pediatric Rheumatology
#29
of 776 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#14,812
of 218,354 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Pediatric Rheumatology
#1
of 19 outputs
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