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Table 8 Considered outcome

From: Efficacy of physiotherapy treatments in children and adolescents with somatic symptom disorder and other related disorders: systematic review of the literature

Author

Quality of life

ADL

Muscle strength

Motor skills

Balance

School absenteeism

Sleep quality

Drugs use

Posture

Symptoms’ disappearance

Days of hospitalization

Activity/ partecipation

Standard outcome

M. Gerner [15]

         

x

?

x

 

P. Calvert [16]

   

x

   

x

 

x

?

  

T. M. Palermo [10]

x

 

x

x

 

x

    

22 days

 

FDI; CHQ-PF50

G. Mesaroli [14]

   

x

      

/

 

FMS

L. J. Gooch [11]

x

x

x

       

9 days – 4 weeks

  

G. Ryu [12]

  

x

 

x

  

x

x

 

?

 

VAS

D. K. Brazier [17]

 

x

 

x

      

/

  

C.S. Maynard [9]

   

x

 

x

x

x

  

4–78 days

 

WeeFIM

  1. ADL Activities of daily living, FDI Functional Disability Inventory, FMS Functional Mobility Scale, WeeFIM Functional Independence Measure for Children, CHQ-PF50 The Child Health Questionnaire, VAS Visual analogue scale