Infant Cranial Deformity: Cranial Helmet Therapy or Physiotherapy?
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González Santos, Josefa; González Bernal, Jerónimo J.; Fuente Anuncibay, Raquel De La; Soto Cámara, Raúl; Cubo, Esther; [et al.]Fecha
2020-04-10Resumen
Objective: To compare cranial helmet therapy (CHT) and physiotherapy (PT) for the effective treatment of positional plagiocephaly in infants in terms of improving functional recovery. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study involving 48 infants between 5–10 months of age with cranial deformities. The Cranial Vault Asymmetry Index (CVAI) and the Brunet–Lezine scale were calculated at the initiation of the study and after 40 treatment sessions. Results: The infants’ first assessment showed a delay in overall development areas with a global developmental quotient (DQ) (posture, coordination, sociability, and language) of 80.15. Although developmental improvements were observed in both groups in the Brunet–Lezine scale after treatment, the MANCOVA test showed no significant differences (F(5) = 0.82, p = 0.506, eta2 = 0.09). The CVAI reduced to 4.07% during the final evaluation in the cranial helmet group and 5.85% in the physiotherapy group without any significant differences between ...
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plagiocephaly
helmet
physiotherapy
intervention
treatment