Reducing the Weight of Spinal Pain in Children and Adolescents
, Christian Lund Straszek 1,2,3, Michael Skovdal Rathleff 1,2 and Morten Hoegh 1
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This work addresses an important problem of the present young generation. Internet-based education, free time for children. Little physical activity. These are the causes of emotional and health problems. Especially in the present time of the pandemic. The authors draw attention to the frequent problem of back pain in children, not related to trauma. A thorough analysis of the causes of predisposition and ways of coping with this limitation is one of the several advantages of this work.
Extensive writings emphasize careful analysis.
I rate the work highly.
Author Response
We thank the reviewer for the kind words and appreciate the support for submitting/publishing the manuscript.
Reviewer 2 Report
Dear Thorvaldur S. Palsson
Thank you very much for letting me review this communication paper on how to support and manage children and adolescents with spinal pain.
This is a very well-written paper of much-needed information on a topic of great importance. I highly endorse more knowledge and research in this area.
I honestly don’t have much to add, the standard is very high, and the content is nicely laid out and easy to understand.
Just two small things:
- Line 26: ‘spinal pain seems to start in adolescence’ – I suppose you mean either ‘childhood’ or ‘childhood or adolescense’.
- You are not consistent in wording about when to use children, adolescents, or young adults. You use all three terms interchangeably and I suggest being consistent in what you use.
Author Response
We appreciate the comments from the reviewer and agree with them. Below we have added the reviewer comments followed by our response, indicated with bold
Line 26: ‘spinal pain seems to start in adolescence’ – I suppose you mean either ‘childhood’ or ‘childhood or adolescense’.
We thank the reviewer for this comment and we fully agree. We have changed the sentence accordingly which now reads:
"Now, evidence clearly points to the fact that long-lasting spinal pain seems to start in childhood or adolescence, and is associated with an increased risk of spinal pain later in life [2-4].
You are not consistent in wording about when to use children, adolescents, or young adults. You use all three terms interchangeably and I suggest being consistent in what you use.
We fully agree with the reviewer. We have changed the wording in the revised version so that we consistently refer to children and adolescents throughout
