No Clear Medical Definition of 'Growing Pains'

No Clear Medical Definition of ‘Growing Pains’

25th July, 2022

29 July 2022, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily]

We often hear the phrase ‘growing pains’ used by the general public to describe muscle or joint pain in young people and the term is also used by health professionals. However researchers have found there is no consistent medical definition of the condition behind a diagnosis.

A broad review of medical literature by University of Sydney researchers found there is no agreement among researchers and clinicians on what growing pains really are, what they mean, how they are defined, and how they should be diagnosed.

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