Infant Cranial Deformity: Cranial Helmet Therapy or Physiotherapy?

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 deformitie...

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Autores: González Santos, Josefa, González Bernal, Jerónimo, Fuente Anuncibay, Raquel de la, Soto Cámara, Raúl, Cubo Delgado, Esther, Aguilar-Parra, José M., Trigueros Ramos, Rubén, López Liria, Remedios
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)
OAI Identifier:oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/8795
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10259/8795
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Plagiocephaly
Helmet
Physiotherapy
Intervention
Treatment
Medicina
Salud
Neurología
Terapéutica
Medicine
Health
Neurology
Therapeutics
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Sumario: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 the two therapies (p = 0.70). Conclusions: No statistically significant differences were found between CHT and PT. After treatment, improvements from baseline measurements were observed in each of the readings of cranial deformity.

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