Active counterpositioning or orthotic device to treat positional plagiocephaly?

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 308-313

  Loveday, Benjamin P T ^a,c   De Chalain, Tristan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active counterpositioning; Cranial index; Cranial vault asymmetry index; Orthotic device; Positional plagiocephaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOMETRY; HEAD POSITION; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035745833     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200107000-00003     Document Type: Article

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