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. 2018 May 10;2018(5):CD012069. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012069.pub2
Musculoskeletal system
Study Symptom Adverse events/total number of participants
Chest pain
Arnold 2004 Chest pain 0/76
Hammerness 2009 Chest pain 2/57
Shang 2015 Chest pain 1/66
Height
Jensen 1999 (MTA) No difference
Kim 2010 Increased from baseline 128.7 cm (SD = 9.10)
Mohammadi 2012a Increased from baseline 133.8 cm (SD = 14.81)
Vincent 1990 No difference 158.7 cm (SD = 10.2)
Wiguna 2012 Increased from baseline 0.55 cm (SD = no information)
Yalcin 2014 Increased from baseline 134.6 cm (SD = 12.32)
Weight
Davari‐Ashtiani 2010 Increased from baseline Weight gain in 1/16 participants
Germinario 2013 Increased from baseline 38.4 kg (SD = 11.3)
Kim 2010 No difference 28.5 kg (SD = 6.40)
Kratochvil 2002 No difference 40.7 kg (SD = 17.2)
Mohammadi 2012a Increased from baseline 32.7 kg (SD = 14.7)
Vincent 1990 No difference Observed weight: 47.9 kg (SD = 10.3)
Expected weight: 48.1 kg (SD = 10.6)
Wiguna 2012 Decreased from baseline 36.2 kg (SD = 11.9)
Yalcin 2014 Increased from baseline Weight gain in 15/33 participants
BMI
Gerwe 2009 No difference Mean change from baseline: −0.3 kg/m2 (SD = 0.70)
Mohammadi 2012a No difference 18.2 kg/m2 (SD = 4.74)
Yalcin 2014 No difference Methylphenidate group: 18.1 kg/m2 (SD = 2.76)
Untreated group: 17.8k kg/m2 (SD = 2.71)
Height z score
Bereket 2005 Decreased from baseline
Germinario 2013 Decreased from baseline Z score = 0.36 (SD = 1.21)
Moungnoi 2011 Decreased from baseline Z score = 0.09 (SD = no information)
Poulton 2003 Decreased from baseline Z score = 0.26 (SD = 0.82)
Poulton 2012 Decreased from baseline Z score = 0.34 (SD = 0.81)
Schertz 1996 Decreased from baseline Z score = ‐0.1(SD = no information)
Spencer 1992 Decreased from baseline Z score = ‐0.23 (SD = 0.42)
Weight z score
Bereket 2005 Decreased from baseline 0.2 (SD = 1.04)
Gerwe 2009 Decreased from baseline 0.26 kg (SD = 1.40)
Moungnoi 2011 Decreased from baseline Z score = 0.01 (SD = no information)
Poulton 2003 Decreased from baseline Z score = 0.44 (SD = 0.97)
Schertz 1996 Decreased from baseline
BMI z score
Bereket 2005 No difference After 14 months:
Age‐adjusted SD = 0.71
Sex‐adjusted SD = 0.65
Dubnov‐Raz 2011 No difference
Poulton 2012 No difference
Increased mobility
Ardic 2014 Increased mobility 22/122
Bone mineral density
Lahat 2000 Quote: "There was no significant difference between serum calcium, phosphorus or bone‐specific alkaline phosphatase, urinary deoxypyridinoline, or bone mineral density in the two groups of children. No child deviated from his height percentile during the treatment period." NA