An Overview of Positional Plagiocephaly and Cranial Remolding Orthoses

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 37-45

  Fish, Deanna ^a   Lima, Dulcey ^b  

^a Orthomerica Products Incorporated   (United States)

^b Orthomerica Products Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial anatomy; Cranial deformation; Cranial remolding orthoses; Cranial sutures; Craniosynostosis; Positional plagiocephaly; Supine positioning

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE COURSE; DYNAMICS; FORCE; HEAD; HEALTH CENTER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONSET AGE; ORTHOSIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; REVIEW; SKULL; SKULL MALFORMATION; SLEEP; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SUPINE POSITION; TORTICOLLIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERUS;

EID: 0038745862     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008526-200304000-00002     Document Type: Review

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