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Screening for Torticollis and Plagiocephaly: The Role of the Pediatrician [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of providing a standardized screening examination to a group of attending and resident physicians on the rate of torticollis and plagiocephaly diagnoses, the age at time of diagnosis, and the attitudes
Hwang, Lisa Ann Change-Yee
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Risks of Plagiocephaly and Torticollis in Newborns

open access: yes, 2008
The incidence and characteristics of torticollis, plagiocephaly and facial asymmetry were evaluated prospectively by photographic analysis in 102 healthy newborn infants in a study at University of California, San ...
J Gordon Millichap
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[Positional plagiocephaly in infants can be prevented]

open access: yes, 2011
The prevalence of positional plagiocephaly is increasing. A systematic database search (Cochrane, MEDLINE, Embase, Cinahl and PEDro), critical appraisal and systematic evaluation of the quality of 14 selected studies show that the following are certain ...
Christensen, Karen   +6 more
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Paleopathological Findings of Dry Skulls with Plagiocephaly

open access: yes, 2006
In literature, plagiocephaly is defined as abnormal asymmetrical head shape with unilateral flattening of the anterior and/or posterior part of the skull. It is classified as synostotic or deformational.
Olga Procházková   +1 more
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Deformational plagiocephaly

open access: yes, 2004
The most common craniofacial problem today is called plagiocephaly, literally meaning oblique head. Deformational plagiocephaly, also known as positional plagiocephaly, refers to a misshapen (asymmetrical) head shape.
John Meara
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Head Shape Development in Deformational Plagiocephaly - Methods for Registration of Surface Scans

open access: yes, 2006
Plagiocephaly, surface ...
Hermann, N.V.   +7 more
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Physiotherapeutic measures for the treatment of head shape in infants with nonsynostotic, unilateral plagiocephalus

open access: yes
Hintergrund und Ziel: Der nonsynostotische Plagiocephalus repräsentiert eine häufig vorkommende Schädelanomalie bei Säuglingen, der sich durch eine asymmetrische Kopfdeformität kennzeichnet.
Reßl, Anja
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Developing Guidelines for Child Health Care Nurses to Prevent Nonsynostotic Plagiocephaly: Searching for the Evidence

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric Nursing, 2011
The aim of the project was to develop guidelines for nurses that can be incorporated into the Swedish child health care program to prevent nonsynostotic plagiocephaly in infants while still following sudden infant death syndrome preventive measures ...
Freda Lennartsson
exaly   +4 more sources

Testing Guidelines for Child Health Care Nurses to Prevent Nonsynostotic Plagiocephaly: A Swedish Pilot Study

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric Nursing, 2011
The aim of the study is to test effectiveness of guidelines for nurses that can be incorporated into the child health care program to prevent nonsynostotic plagiocephaly (NSP) in infants while still following sudden infant death syndrome-preventive ...
Freda Lennartsson
exaly   +4 more sources

Determinants of Nonsynostotic Plagiocephaly: A Case-Control Study

open access: yesPediatrics, 2003
Objective. There has been a large increase in reported cases of nonsynostotic plagiocephaly in infants since the adoption of supine sleeping recommendations to prevent sudden infant death syndrome. The objective of this study was to identify and quantify the determinants of nonsynostotic plagiocephaly in infants. Methods.
John Thompson, Ed A Mitchell
exaly   +4 more sources

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