ArticleAnnals of rehabilitation medicine2014
A new ultrasound method for assessment of head shape change in infants with plagiocephaly.
Article in Annals of rehabilitation medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05154175 (Effectiveness of Ottobock Helmet Therapy in Infants With Plagiocephaly, Brachycephaly or Combination of Both and Parents' Satisfaction), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Effectiveness of Ottobock Helmet Therapy in Infants With Plagiocephaly, Brachycephaly or Combination of Both and Parents' Satisfaction
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Ultrasonographic Measurement of Anterior Fontanelle Size in Infants with Deformational Plagiocephaly.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Predictive Value of Sonographic Parameters on the Effects of Cranial Molding Helmet Therapy in Infants with Positional Plagiocephaly.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Neurodevelopmental delay according to severity of deformational plagiocephaly in children.Medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare a new ultrasound measurement method with calliper cephalometry in infants with deformational plagiocephaly (DP) and to assess the differences of two methods according to the severity of DP.
methodsFifty-two infants with DP were divided into two groups according to the degree of cranial vault asymmetry (CVA); group 1 included 42 infants with CVA over 10 mm, and group 2 included 10 infants with CVA under 10 mm. Cranial vault asymmetry index (CVAI) and occipital angle ratio (OAR) were measured by using calliper and ultrasound measurements, respectively. The occipital angle was defined as the angle between the lines projected along the lambdoid sutures of the skull.
resultsThe occipital angles of the affected sides were significantly greater than those of unaffected sides in both groups. The CVAI and OAR were significantly greater in group 1 than in group 2 (CVAI, 9.3%±2.3% vs. 4.6%±1.5%; OAR, 1.05±0.4 vs. 1.01±0.0; p<0.05). The OAR was positively correlated with the CVAI in all infants (r=0.789) and in group 1 (r=0.784; p<0.05).
conclusionOur study revealed that OAR using the new ultrasound measurement was positively correlated with the CVAI in infants with DP. Therefore, the occipital angle measurement using ultrasound combined with cephalometry could provide better understanding about the characteristics of the overall cranial bone and lambdoid suture complex in infants with DP.
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