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GuidelinePediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association2018

Physical Therapy Management of Congenital Muscular Torticollis: A 2018 Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline From the APTA Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy.

Sandra L Kaplan, Colleen Coulter, Barbara Sargent

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Guideline in Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06957522 (Comparison of the Effectiveness of Face to Face Rehabilitation and Telerehabilitation in Infants With Congenital Muscular Torticollis), which is not on this map. Cited by 56 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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56citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06957522 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Face to Face Rehabilitation and Telerehabilitation in Infants With Congenital Muscular Torticollis

TypeinterventionalSponsorIstanbul University - CerrahpasaRan2025 to 2026Enrolled42ConditionsInfant, Torticollis Congenital, Neurodevelopment Treatment, TelerehabilitationArmsface to face rehabilitation, telerehabilitation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 170 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Assessing Congenital Muscular Torticollis Using Myotonometry: A Novel Approach.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2025
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  17. Dystonia: pathophysiology and the role of acupuncture in treatment.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2025
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  19. Congenital Muscular Torticollis: Clinical Risk Factors and Rates of Surgery.Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sandra L KaplanDepartment of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences (Dr Kaplan), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey; Orthotics and Prosthetics Department (Dr Coulter), Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia; Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry (Dr Sargent), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
Colleen Coulter
Barbara Sargent
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta · US

Funding

Rehabilitation Research Career Development ProgramK12HD055929 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI BROWN, DAVID A · 2007 to 2021
$11.7M
NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD055929
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCongenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is a postural deformity evident shortly after birth, typically characterized by lateral flexion/side bending of the head to one side and cervical rotation/head turning to the opposite side due to unilateral shortening of the sternocleidomastoid muscle; it may be accompanied by other neurological or musculoskeletal conditions. Infants with CMT should be referred to physical therapists to treat these postural asymmetries as soon as they are identified. PURPOSE: This update of the 2013 CMT clinical practice guideline (CPG) informs clinicians and families as to whom to monitor, treat, and/or refer and when and what to treat. It links 17 action statements with explicit levels of critically appraised evidence and expert opinion with recommendations on implementation of the CMT CPG into practice. RESULTS/

conclusionsThe CPG addresses the following: education for prevention; referral; screening; examination and evaluation; prognosis; first-choice and supplemental interventions; consultation; discontinuation from direct intervention; reassessment and discharge; implementation and compliance audits; and research recommendations. Flow sheets for referral paths and classification of CMT severity have been updated.

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Academies and InstitutesEvidence-Based PracticePediatricsSocieties, MedicalChildFemaleHumansInfantMaleParaspinal MusclesRange of Motion, ArticularTorticollisUnited States

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PMID30277962
PMCPMC8568067
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