Evaluating the Impact of a New Complement to Physiotherapy Intervention for Positional Torticollis in Infants

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Torticollis
• Interventions: Other: Booklet

• Registration Number: NCT00879450
• Lead Sponsor: McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Brief Summary

Children with a torticollis are usually referred for physiotherapy where they are evaluated, and given exercises as well as education to treat the condition. This study is being done in order to compare 2 methods of sharing information with parents of children with torticollis.

Detailed Description

160 children of less than 6 months of age will be recruited for the study and divided in 2 groups. Children of both groups will receive the same physiotherapy evaluation and exercises but parents will receive information handouts with one of two different types of illustrations and written instructions for home exercises.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2009-04-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-04-09
• Study First Posted: 2009-04-10
• Study Start: 2009-05
• Primary Completion: 2011-06
• Study Completion: 2011-07
• Status Verified: 2019-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-04-02
• Last Update Posted: 2019-04-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

• Aged newborn to 6 months at initial visit in physiotherapy,
• A diagnosis of PT made by a physician,
• At least 37 weeks of gestational age at delivery

Exclusion Criteria

• Congenital muscular torticollis with fibrosis (confirmed diagnosis): because this is a rare condition that has a different rate of recovery,
• Presence of craniosynostosis (confirmed diagnosis made by a neurosurgeon),
• APGAR score of less than 7 at 5 minutes,
• Prescription of a Tubular Orthosis for Torticollis (TOT) collar or Botox intervention for the torticollis,
• Confirmed diagnosis of syndrome or neurological condition.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1 Booklet	Booklet	-
2 standard	Booklet	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Neck range of motion measurements	3 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Montreal Children's Hospital, MUHC; 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada