A cross-sectional study investigating the relationship between imbalance of neck muscle strength and plagiocephaly among the clinical characteristics affecting the delay in early gross motor development in infants with postural torticollis.
- Conditions
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Registration Number
- KCT0008367
- Lead Sponsor
- The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital
- Brief Summary
A variety of characteristics including age, neck muscle imbalance as well as plagiocephaly were associated with early gross motor development. These findings help clinicians to determine ways to support the parents who have infants with postural torticollis by providing patient education related to prognosis and motor development.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 118
Among the children with postural torticollis, 118 patients aged 4 to 6 months at the time of initial evaluation conducted in the pediatric physical therapy room were enrolled. The diagnostic criteria for postural torticollis were children with the head tilted to one side, no morphological changes in the cervical oblique muscles observed in plain radiographs and ultrasonography of the cervix, and no serious perinatal complications or suspected medical syndromes.
Patients whose age did not correspond to 4 to 6 months at the time of initial evaluation, postural torticollis due to other ophthalmic or neurological causes, gestational age less than 36 weeks, and birth weight less than 2000 g were excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Relationship between clinical characteristics and GMFM (lying and rolling) in infants with postural torticollis 2. The interaction between plagiocephaly and affected neck muscle function in early gross motor development
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The analyzed clinical characteristics included early evaluation age, sex, direction of cervical lateral flexion and rotation, presence and severity of plagiocephaly, Muscle Function Scale (MFS) of affected neck muscle, gestational age and birth weight. For the achievement of early gross motor development, the percentage score data of 17 questions of the lying and rolling dimension in Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-88) were collected.