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...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI
2020
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7997 |
| _version_ | 1789406563527557120 |
|---|---|
| author | González Santos, Josefa González Bernal, Jerónimo J. Fuente Anuncibay, Raquel De La Soto Cámara, Raúl Cubo, Esther Aguilar Parra, José Manuel Trigueros Ramos, Rubén López Liria, Remedios |
| author_facet | González Santos, Josefa González Bernal, Jerónimo J. Fuente Anuncibay, Raquel De La Soto Cámara, Raúl Cubo, Esther Aguilar Parra, José Manuel Trigueros Ramos, Rubén López Liria, Remedios |
| author_sort | González Santos, Josefa |
| collection | DSpace |
| description | 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. |
| format | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| id | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-7997 |
| institution | Universidad de Cuenca |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2020 |
| publisher | MDPI |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-79972023-04-12T19:43:59Z Infant Cranial Deformity: Cranial Helmet Therapy or Physiotherapy? González Santos, Josefa González Bernal, Jerónimo J. Fuente Anuncibay, Raquel De La Soto Cámara, Raúl Cubo, Esther Aguilar Parra, José Manuel Trigueros Ramos, Rubén López Liria, Remedios plagiocephaly helmet physiotherapy intervention treatment 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. 2020-04-13T11:18:04Z 2020-04-13T11:18:04Z 2020-04-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1660-4601 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7997 en https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/7/2612 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | plagiocephaly helmet physiotherapy intervention treatment González Santos, Josefa González Bernal, Jerónimo J. Fuente Anuncibay, Raquel De La Soto Cámara, Raúl Cubo, Esther Aguilar Parra, José Manuel Trigueros Ramos, Rubén López Liria, Remedios Infant Cranial Deformity: Cranial Helmet Therapy or Physiotherapy? |
| title | Infant Cranial Deformity: Cranial Helmet Therapy or Physiotherapy? |
| title_full | Infant Cranial Deformity: Cranial Helmet Therapy or Physiotherapy? |
| title_fullStr | Infant Cranial Deformity: Cranial Helmet Therapy or Physiotherapy? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infant Cranial Deformity: Cranial Helmet Therapy or Physiotherapy? |
| title_short | Infant Cranial Deformity: Cranial Helmet Therapy or Physiotherapy? |
| title_sort | infant cranial deformity: cranial helmet therapy or physiotherapy? |
| topic | plagiocephaly helmet physiotherapy intervention treatment |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7997 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT gonzalezsantosjosefa infantcranialdeformitycranialhelmettherapyorphysiotherapy AT gonzalezbernaljeronimoj infantcranialdeformitycranialhelmettherapyorphysiotherapy AT fuenteanuncibayraqueldela infantcranialdeformitycranialhelmettherapyorphysiotherapy AT sotocamararaul infantcranialdeformitycranialhelmettherapyorphysiotherapy AT cuboesther infantcranialdeformitycranialhelmettherapyorphysiotherapy AT aguilarparrajosemanuel infantcranialdeformitycranialhelmettherapyorphysiotherapy AT triguerosramosruben infantcranialdeformitycranialhelmettherapyorphysiotherapy AT lopezliriaremedios infantcranialdeformitycranialhelmettherapyorphysiotherapy |