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Chronic Abdominal Wall Pain in Children may be Improved By Physiotherapy
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Functional abdominal pain is common in children and a proportion of these children suffer from chronic abdominal wall pain (CAWP). CAWP is suggested when a positive Carnett's sign is elicited in a child where the pain gets worsened by movement. Analgesics are generally not helpful in children with CAWP. We describe a novel approach with physiotherapy (by core stability programme) for managing children with this condition. The therapy was delivered by a paediatric therapist after other organic causes of abdominal pain were ruled out. Forty two out of 49 children (85%) showed improvement with this therapy. As the improvement was noticed during the therapy and sustained thereafter we suggest that this therapy is helpful in children in CAWP.
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Chronic Abdominal Wall Pain, Carnett's Sign, Straight Leg Raising Test, Physiotherapy, Children
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