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Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline for the Management of Patients With Positional Plagiocephaly: The Role of Physical Therapy

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Evidence-based guidelines are not currently available for the treatment of positional plagiocephaly and, in particular, for the use of physical therapy for treatment.

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Positional plagiocephaly is associated with sternocleidomastoid muscle activation in healthy term infants

, 2017
Purpose: To explore the relationship between sternocleidomastoid activation and positional plagiocephaly in healthy full term infants. Methods: Participants were 82 infants from a regionally based-longitudinal study of infant development ...
Mandrusiak, Allison, Watter, Pauline, Johnston, Leanne, Leung, Amy, Pauline Watter, Gavranich, John, Amy Leung, Allison Mandrusiak, John Gavranich, Leanne Johnston   +9 more
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Effect of pediatric physical therapy on deformational plagiocephaly in children with positional preference: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2008
Objective To study the effect of pediatric physical therapy on positional preference and deformational plagiocephaly. Design Randomized controlled trial. Setting Bernhoven Hospital, Veghel, the Netherlands.
Engelbert, Raoul H.H., van Vlimmeren, Leo A., Helders, Paul J.M., van der Graaf, Jolanda, L'Hoir, Monique P., Boere-Boonekamp, Magdalena M.   +5 more
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Prevalence and Severity of Positional Posterior Plagiocephaly and Positional Posterior Brachycephaly in Children and Adolescents in Japan

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica
This study aimed to assess the prevalence, severity, and natural history of positional posterior plagiocephaly (PPP) and positional posterior brachycephaly in Japan.
Nobuyuki AKUTSU, Junji KOYAMA, Atsufumi KAWAMURA, Takashi SASAYAMA   +3 more
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Prevalence of positional skull deformities in 530 premature infants with a corrected age of up to 6 months: a multicenter study

BMC Pediatrics, 2019
Background Positional deformities (PD) are common during early infancy. Severe cases may result in facial abnormalities and be associated with delayed neurological development in infants.
Wang Yang, Jianping Chen, Wenzhi Shen, Chengju Wang, Zhifeng Wu, Qing Chang, Wenzao Li, Kuilin Lv, Qiuming Pan, Hongxia Li, Duyao Ha, Yuping Zhang   +11 more
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Cosmetic and Cognitive Outcomes of Positional Plagiocephaly Treatment

, 2012
Purpose: Positional plagiocephaly is an acquired deformation of an intrinsically normal infant skull by sustained or excessive extrinsic forces. Non-surgical techniques include counter-positioning, supervised prone time and orthotic molding for more ...
Shamji, Mohammed F., Merchant , Praneal, Fric-Shamji, Elana C., Vassilyadi, Michael   +3 more
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Helmet Therapy for Deformational Plagiocephaly: Clinical Outcomes and Considerations

Children
Background/Objectives: Deformational plagiocephaly (DP) is defined as an asymmetrical flattening of infants’ occipital skull. Helmet therapy is one of the treatments reported that can reduce skull deformity by guiding the growing direction of the head ...
Sum-Yuet Ching, Oscar Chun-Yiu Wong, Wai-Wang Chau, Alec Lik-Hang Hung, Tsz-Ping Lam, Adam Yiu-Chung Lau   +5 more
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ISUOG Practice Guidelines: performance of third‐trimester obstetric ultrasound scan

Ultrasound in Obstetrics &Gynecology, Volume 63, Issue 1, Page 131-147, January 2024.
A. Khalil, A. Sotiriadis, F. D'Antonio, F. Da Silva Costa, A. Odibo, F. Prefumo, A. T. Papageorghiou, L. J. Salomon   +7 more
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Torticocephaly; A Distinct Clinical Entity from Primary Positional Plagiocephaly?

, 2008
Background. Nonsynostotic deformational plagiocephaly and primary congenital muscular torticollis are two abnormalities increasingly being diagnosed in America today.
Stubbs, Cassie, Stelnicki,, Eric, Bahuleyan, Bindu   +2 more
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Positional plagiocephaly : what the pediatrician needs to know. A review

, 2011
Positional or deformational plagiocephaly is the most common type of cranial asymmetry in infancy and has become more prevalent after the introduction of the "Back to Sleep" campaign in Western countries. However, the supine position cannot be considered
Valentina Fabiano, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti, Chiara Mameli, V. Fabiano, G.V. Zuccotti, Laura Pogliani, L. Pogliani, C. Mameli   +7 more
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