The treatment of the positional plagiocephaly with a new thermoplastic orthotic device

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 337-339

  Aliberti, Ferdinando ^a   Pittore, Luigi ^a   Ruggiero, Claudio ^a   Cinalli, Giuseppe ^a   Maggi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SANTOBONO PAUSILIPON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cranial asymmetry; Headband; Lambdoidal synostosis; Occipital plagiocephaly; Positional moulding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIOPLASTY; DEVICE; FORCE; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036664075     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0583-2     Document Type: Article

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