Natural-Course Evaluation of Infants with Positional Severe Plagiocephaly Using a Three-Dimensional Scanner in Japan: Comparison with Those Who Received Cranial Helmet Therapy.
In: Journal of Clinical Medicine, Jg. 10 (2021-08-15), Heft 16, S. 3531-3531
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This study aimed to clarify the natural course of positional plagiocephaly using a three-dimensional (3D) scanner and investigate the effectiveness of cranial helmet therapy (CHT). One hundred infants with severe plagiocephaly who visited our institutions between April 2020 and March 2021 were included. Cranial shape was measured using an Artec Eva 3D scanner. A cranial asymmetry (CA) >12 mm was diagnosed as severe plagiocephaly. An infant whose CA subsided to <12 mm was considered to have improved naturally or by CHT. The difference in CA between the second and initial scans was defined as the improvement value (median scan interval was two months). In the natural-course group comprising 56 infants with severe plagiocephaly, 37 (66%) with a median CA of 15.6 mm exhibited no improvement after two months. In the scan age- and evaluation interval-matched case-control study, the CA value in the CHT group improved by three times that in the natural-course group (−4.6 mm [n = 33] vs. −1.55 mm [n = 24], p < 0.001). Severe plagiocephaly did not improve naturally in 66% of the cases. Therefore, CHT should be considered if the CA is >12 mm on the initial evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Natural-Course Evaluation of Infants with Positional Severe Plagiocephaly Using a Three-Dimensional Scanner in Japan: Comparison with Those Who Received Cranial Helmet Therapy.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Noto, Takanori ; Nagano, Nobuhiko ; Kato, Risa ; Hashimoto, Shin ; Saito, Katsuya ; Miyabayashi, Hiroshi ; Sasano, Mari ; Sumi, Koichiro ; Yoshino, Atsuo ; Morioka, Ichiro |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of Clinical Medicine, Jg. 10 (2021-08-15), Heft 16, S. 3531-3531 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2021 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 2077-0383 (print) |
DOI: | 10.3390/jcm10163531 |
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