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The CAM-Pain Study

@campainstudy.bsky.social
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Researching experiences of MSK pain in children and young people in the UK. Based at Keele University, funded by the NIHR Email: research.campainstudy@keele.ac.uk

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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Welcome to the Pain Navigator website! Based on research and input from children and young people, we have created a resource to support aged 8-18 year olds in managing their pain and their feelings about it, and taking the mystery away from using primary care. www.painnavigator.co.uk
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Kate Dunn @katemdunn.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
1st paper from @campainstudy.bsky.social published! Prevalence of primary care consultations for musculoskeletal pain in a denominator population of over 4 million children & young people. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #KeeleMSK @kayleighmason.bsky.social
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Trends of musculoskeletal pain in children and young people consulting primary care: an electronic primary health care record study - BMC Pediatrics
BMC Pediatrics - Pain in childhood is common, but there is an information gap on initial care seeking. Our aim was to determine trends and variations in the consultation prevalence and incidence of...
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Charles Hay, PhD @thecharleshay.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Fantastic paper from the @campainstudy.bsky.social programme. Absolutely huge epidemiological study of consultation patterns of children and young people with musculoskeletal pain in the UK. Very important new info in a wildly under-researched area. Read read read!
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Kate Dunn @katemdunn.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
@campainstudy.bsky.social findings published! Prevalence of childhood musculoskeletal pain in Swedish primary care. Many consultations coded as unspecified pain sites, with back pain the most common specific site recorded #KeeleMSK www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in primary care – a study on Swedish children and young people
Musculoskeletal pain is a common complaint among children and young people, and primary care services are typically the first contact when seeking med…
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Kayleigh Mason @kayleighmason.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
📢 NEW PAPER Back pain in young people often recurs and is managed with analgesia and referrals Management differed by socioeconomic status and ethnicity, with need for evidence-based approaches and equitable access to specialist care @campainstudy.bsky.social @katemdunn.bsky.social rdcu.be/e8e6Q
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Kate Dunn @katemdunn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New paper from @campainstudy.bsky.social - there is substantial variation in primary care analgesia prescribing & referrals for back pain in children & young people, with inequities by deprivation & ethnicity #LBP #KeeleMSK rdcu.be/e8yhX @arthritisuk.bsky.social
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Sociodemographic disparities in primary care management of back pain in children and young people: a population-based cohort study
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Charles Hay, PhD @thecharleshay.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
We at @keeleuniversity.bsky.social are looking for people aged 8-25 to help with our research into pain children and young people have in their joints and muscles! It's fun, interesting and of huge help to a lot of people. As a bonus we'll pay you for your time! Please do get in touch.
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Rebecca Lee @rebecca-lee-uom.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Participants needed! Are you aged 5-19?  Have you had/do you have chronic pain? Please get in touch to take part in our study exploring the impact of pain conversations with healthcare professionals! Interested? More information can be found here: tinyurl.com/CHAMP-interviews
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Charles Hay, PhD @thecharleshay.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Your Voice Matters: Living with Chronic Pain, Sharping the Future of Research. An incredible film created at @keeleuniversity.bsky.social, sharing real stories from people who live with long-term pain. They talk about what it’s like and how taking part in health research can help make things better.
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Your Voice Matters: Living with Chronic Pain, Shaping the Future of Research
YouTube video by Keele Impact Accelerator Unit
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
UK-based healthcare professionals, we need your help designing resources to help children and young people manage musculoskeletal pain and get better use out of primary care. @campainstudy are running an e-Delphi study: forms.office.com/e/8... 10 minute survey, spread the word!
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
UK-based healthcare professionals, we need your help designing resources to help children and young people manage musculoskeletal pain and get better use out of primary care. @campainstudy are running an e-Delphi study: forms.office.com/e/8... 10 minute survey, spread the word!
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
UK-based healthcare professionals, we need your help designing resources to help children and young people manage musculoskeletal pain and get better use out of primary care. @campainstudy are running an e-Delphi study: forms.office.com/e/8... 10 minute survey, spread the word!
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
UK-based healthcare professionals, we need your help designing resources to help children and young people manage musculoskeletal pain and get better use out of primary care. @campainstudy are running an e-Delphi study: forms.office.com/e/8... 10 minute survey, spread the word!
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Are you a UK healthcare professional with experience managing children and young people with musculoskeletal pain? Your insights can help us designing resources to help children and young people manage their pain. Interested? Click: forms.office.com/e/8... 1/3
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Charles Hay, PhD @thecharleshay.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
#ISPP2025 make your way to poster 66 to find out about @campainstudy.bsky.social insights into views on care needs for children and young people with MSK pain!
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Charles Hay, PhD @thecharleshay.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
@campainstudy.bsky.social we’re in business at @iasp.bsky.social #ISPP2025
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Dr Benjamin Saunders @saunders14.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
We're still looking for clinicians who manage MSK pain in children & young ppl to take part in our E-Delphi study to help us develop resources for young ppl with #MSK #pain. If you're able to complete our brief survey it would be greatly appreciated 👇👇 forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Kate Dunn @katemdunn.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Thanks to all the healthcare professionals who have already taken part in our studies! You can still help us design resources to help children and young people manage their musculoskeletal pain. It's as easy as clicking here (and then taking a 5-10 minute survey): forms.office.com/e/8pbRyyGbUr
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Kate Dunn @katemdunn.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Do you manage children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? Do you have 10mins for a few questions on self-management resources for CYP with MSK pain? Give your opinions in our e-Delphi study: forms.office.com/e/8pbRyyGbUr Funders: @nihr.bsky.social @versusarthritis.bsky.social #KeeleMSK
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
We're very much looking forward to presenting the findings of our interview/focus group study at @iasp.bsky.social ISPP in Glasgow in a couple of weeks! We'll also be presenting our research in Cardiff for the @sapc.ac.uk ASM in July.
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
UK healthcare professionals who have encountered musculoskeletal pain in children and young people, we need you! We're developing free resources to help children and young people manage their pain and your opinions could help. Interested? Click: tinyurl.com/2bnzskn6 Info below
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Charles Hay, PhD @thecharleshay.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Are you a UK clinician who manages children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? The CAM-Pain study @keeleuniversity.bsky.social would love you to take part in our E-Delphi study gathering views on developing resources for children & young people with MSK pain. Link: tinyurl.com/53b2a2jn
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Charles Hay, PhD @thecharleshay.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Are you a UK clinician who manages children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? The CAM-Pain study @keeleuniversity.bsky.social would love you to take part in our E-Delphi study gathering views on developing resources for children & young people with MSK pain. Link: tinyurl.com/53b2a2jn
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Kate Dunn @katemdunn.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Are you a UK clinician who manages children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? Can you help by answering a few questions? We'd love you to take part in our E-Delphi study gathering views on developing resources for children & young people with MSK pain. #KeeleMSK forms.office.com/e/8pbRyyGbUr
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Kate Dunn @katemdunn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We have an upcoming meeting on 10th April to get the opinions on our proposed resources for children & young people with musculoskeletal aches & pains. We are looking for UK healthcare professionals in particular. Please get in touch if you can help. #KeeleMSK @campainstudy.bsky.social
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Kate Dunn @katemdunn.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Are you a UK healthcare professional who works with children & young people? We have new resources to help young people with Aches & Pains and we would like your opinions. Sound interesting? Get in touch by emailing: health.iau@keele.ac.uk @campainstudy.bsky.social #KeeleMSK
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
CAM-Pain’s conquest of the internet continues. Have now created @campainstudy@mastodon.social on Mastodon, for those who prefer to wander the forests of the Fediverse.
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
UK primary care HCPs and AHPs, we at Keele are working on info and management resources for children and young people with musculoskeletal pain and we'd love to hear your thoughts on it! If this is an area of interest, please get in touch! research.campainstudy@keele.ac.uk
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
UK #primarycare GPs, practice nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists and more, we need your voices! We're developing info resources to help children & young people manage #MSKpain and need your help with the prioritisation and design. Further details in thread:
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Work in primary care? Do you want to help design resources to help children and young people manage pain? Get involved with our online Delphi study (you'd be able to take part whenever is convenient for you!). Contact us for info: research.campainstudy@keele.ac.uk
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Do you have children aged 8-18? Do they want to help us create resources to help children & young people manage pain? We're holding online consensus groups to work out what things people think are most important for resources. Contact us at research.campainstudy@keele.ac.uk !
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Good morning and happy Monday! Exciting couple of weeks at CAM-Pain Towers, organising consensus groups to talk about future MSK pain resources for children and young people AND putting together conference abstracts to start getting the results of our interviews and focus groups out into the world.
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Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Long Covid in Children - we’re still looking for families who’d like to take part and help in this research. Please get in touch
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Good morning! Hope it's as fresh and beautiful for others as it is here. Plenty more #qualitative analysis to be going with today, currently in a world of mind-maps that make the London Underground look calm and straightforward. Just breathing deep... trusting the process...
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
We're still recruiting! If any UK-based #primarycare HCPs and AHPs are interested in talking about #musculoskeletal pain in children and young people, please get in touch! We've got space for another online focus group! Our email is research.campainstudy@keele.ac.uk. Spread the word!!
GPs, practice nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and podiatrists! We want to hear your thoughts on pain in children and young people.

We are running focus groups to discuss care priorities, information provision and clinical outcomes for children and young people presenting in primary care with musculoskeletal pain.

If you want to get involved, please contact us, either by email (research.campainstudy@keele.ac.uk) or on X, Instagram, Facebook or Bluesky (@campainstudy).
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
We're over a hundred followers on here now! Thanks for all the interest, people! Lots of fascinating stuff coming out of the programme; a great deal of quantitative and qualitative data shedding light on MSK pain in children and young people, their pain management, use of healthcare and info needs
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Rob Fleming @robjimfleming.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This is an excellent starter pack for anyone in #Medsky looking to follow all the national bodies who have now joined Bluesky. go.bsky.app/a2U8nw
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
@flippinpain.bsky.social are here! Great to see you, Flippin' Pain!
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Good morning and hello to all the new followers of the CAM-Pain study here on BlueSky! Can't wait to show you all over the next couple of years what we've been up to!
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Happy Friday from Quali-Analysis-Land! Just want to mark the end of the week once again thanking everyone who has participated so far. SO MUCH interesting stuff here.
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
Morning all! Been in analysis-land the past few weeks, very exciting results coming through, can't wait to get it all out into the world. Very excited to soon be starting our NEXT PHASE, starting to talk to people about making resources to help with MSK pain and healthcare use!
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NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) @nihrspcr.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Our Primary Care Clinicians #PhD programme is open for applications. Applicable to #PrimaryCare #clinicians incl. GPs, nurses, health visitors, dentists, pharmacists & optometrists: bit.ly/SPCR-PHDPCC 🗓️Closing Date: 11.59pm 12 Dec 2024
Our Primary Care Clinicians PhD programme is open for applications. Applicable to Primary Care clinicians incl. GPs, nurses, health visitors, dentists, pharmacists & optometrists
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
#primarycare GPs, practice nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists etc, we want to hear your voices about #musculoskeletalpain in children and young people! Online focus groups, ~1.5hrs, email in bio NEXT GROUP 13th NOVEMBER
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 11/10/2024
#primarycare GPs, practice nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists etc, we want to hear your voices about musculoskeletal pain in children and young people! Also talking about management and information needs. Online focus groups ~1.5hrs, time compensated for. Email in bio.
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Charles Hay, PhD @thecharleshay.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
Today I will mostly be analysing focus group transcripts. We got a really great mix of GPs, physios and the odd OT talking MSK pain in children & young people and the spread of opinion and experience has been fascinating.
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 07/10/2024
@katemdunn.bsky.social Great to see you on here!!
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
#PrimaryCare HCPs and AHPs in the UK, this is your daily reminder that the CAM-Pain study wants to hear from you about children and young people with musculoskeletal pain! We're holding an online focus group on the 13th of November in the evening, time compensated.
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The CAM-Pain Study @campainstudy.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
#Primarycare #healthcare professionals and allied health professionals, we want your views on the experiences and management of children and teenagers with #musculoskeletal pain, and their info needs. Online focus groups ~1hr, time compensated. Look forward to hearing from you!
GPs, practice nurses, physiotherapists, podiatrists and occupational therapists! We want to hear your thoughts on pain in children and young people.
We are running focus groups to discuss care priorities, information provision and clinical outcomes for children and young people presenting in primary care with musculoskeletal pain.
If you want to get involved, please contact us, either by email (research.campainstudy@keele.ac.uk) or on X, Instagram or Facebook (@campainstudy)
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