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Clinical Trials/KCT0008367
KCT0008367
Completed
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The effect of clinical features on early motor development in infants with torticollis: A cross-sectional study

The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital0 sites118 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Sponsor
The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital
Enrollment
118
Status
Completed
Last Updated
3 years ago

Overview

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.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
May 6, 2022
Last Updated
3 years ago
Study Type
Observational Study
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 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.

Exclusion Criteria

  • 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.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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