Postural Assessment in Plagiocephaly

University of Granada (UGR)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Plagiocephaly

Treatments: Other: Assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01989286

DF0043UG

AP2010-3603 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The positional plagiocephaly is a condition involving craniofacial asymmetry. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the spine, the posture and the psychomotor state in children who were diagnosed with infant plagiocephaly.

Full description

Positional infant plagiocephaly is a clinical entity in which the shape of an infant's head becomes altered as the result of external forces applied to the malleable bones of the cranium and can occur pre- or postnatally. It is characterized by asymmetric occipital flattening (one side or the central part of the occiput is flattened)with ipsilateral frontal bossing.Viewed from above, this results in a parallelogram deformity of the head. We hypothesize that children who had plagiocephaly when they were infants, they have postural and spine implications at 3-5 years old.

Enrollment: 104 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 5 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of infant positional plagiocephaly
• Aged 3, 4 or 5 years old.

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of non synostotic plagiocephaly.
• Neurological concomitant condition.
• Problems in motor development.

Trial design

104 participants in 1 patient group

Plagiocephaly group-Assessment

Description:

Children (3-5 years) who were diagnosed and treated because of positional plagiocephaly are included in this group. An asssessment of posture will be performed.

Treatment:

Other: Assessment