Risk factor analysis for growing pains in children: Results of parental survey.

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q3 ORTHOPEDICS

Journal of Childrens Orthopaedics Pub Date : 2025-11-20 eCollection Date: 2026-02-01 DOI:10.1177/18632521251398410

Ruoyi Guo, Weili Xiang, Hanjie Zhuang, Yiwei Wang, Pengfei Zheng

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Abstract

Objectives: To identify lifestyle-related risk factors for growing pains to advance the clinical prevention and management strategies.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted from September 2023 to December 2024, enrolling 290 children clinically diagnosed with growing pains (case group) and 467 age-matched healthy controls. All participants underwent detailed medical history reviews, physical examinations, imaging examination, and laboratory tests. The main data were collected through structured questionnaires administered to both groups.

Results: The results of univariate analysis showed that factors related to growing pains included maternal exposure to smoking environments, child exposure to smoking environments, preference for vegetables, grains, tubers, legumes, and fruits, sports preference, extreme fatigue after exercise, sleeping with parents at night, fear of sleeping alone, sleep latency between 15 and 30 min, sleep latency between 30 and 60 min, and average waking up twice per night (p < 0.050). Multivariate analysis indicated that maternal near-daily exposure to smoking during pregnancy (p = 0.042, odds ratio = 1.926), sleep latency between 30 and 60 min (p < 0.001, odds ratio = 3.696), and extreme fatigue after exercise (p = 0.015, odds ratio = 15.554) were independent risk factors for the occurrence of growth pain. On the other hand, legume preference (p = 0.001, odds ratio = 0.442) and sports preference (p = 0.009, odds ratio = 0.486) were protective factors against the occurrence of growth pains.

Conclusions: Frequent maternal smoking exposure during pregnancy, prolonged sleep latency (30-60 min), and post-exercise exhaustion are independently associated with a higher prevalence of growing pains. And the preference for legumes and participation in sports were associated with a lower prevalence of growing pains.

Significance of study: The preference for legumes and participation in sports were associated with a lower prevalence of growing pains.

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儿童生长痛的危险因素分析：家长调查结果。

目的：探讨生长痛与生活方式相关的危险因素，以提高临床预防和管理策略。方法：于2023年9月至2024年12月进行病例对照研究，纳入290名临床诊断为生长痛的儿童（病例组）和467名年龄匹配的健康对照。所有参与者都进行了详细的病史回顾、体格检查、影像学检查和实验室检查。主要数据是通过对两组进行结构化问卷调查收集的。结果:单因素分析结果显示，与生长痛相关的因素包括母亲暴露于吸烟环境、儿童暴露于吸烟环境、对蔬菜、谷物、块茎、豆类和水果的偏好、运动偏好、运动后极度疲劳、夜间与父母同睡、害怕独自睡觉、睡眠潜伏期15 ~ 30分钟、30 ~ 60分钟、平均每晚醒来两次（p p = 0.042，优势比= 1.926）。睡眠潜伏期为30 ~ 60 min （p = 0.015，优势比为15.554）是发生生长痛的独立危险因素。另一方面，豆类偏好（p = 0.001，优势比= 0.442）和运动偏好（p = 0.009，优势比= 0.486）是防止生长痛发生的保护因素。结论：怀孕期间母亲频繁吸烟、睡眠潜伏期延长（30-60分钟）和运动后疲劳与生长痛的高发率独立相关。对豆类的偏好和参与体育运动与生长痛的患病率较低有关。研究意义：对豆类的偏好和参与体育运动与生长痛的患病率较低有关。

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Journal of Childrens Orthopaedics Medicine-Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

CiteScore

2.70

自引率

14.30%

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审稿时长

23 weeks

期刊介绍： Aims & Scope The Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics is the official journal of the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS) and is published by The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery. It provides a forum for the advancement of the knowledge and education in paediatric orthopaedics and traumatology across geographical borders. It advocates an increased worldwide involvement in preventing and treating musculoskeletal diseases in children and adolescents. The journal publishes high quality, peer-reviewed articles that focus on clinical practice, diagnosis and treatment of disorders unique to paediatric orthopaedics, as well as on basic and applied research. It aims to help physicians stay abreast of the latest and ever-changing developments in the field of paediatric orthopaedics and traumatology. The journal welcomes original contributions submitted exclusively for review to the journal. This continuously published online journal is fully open access and will publish one print issue each year to coincide with the EPOS Annual Congress, featuring the meeting’s abstracts.