Clinical determinants of the outcome of manual stretching in the treatment of congenital muscular torticollis in infants: A prospective study of eight hundred and twenty-one cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2001, Pages

  Cheng, J C Y ^a   Wong, M W N ^a   Tang, S P ^a   Chen, T M K ^a   Shum, S L F ^a   Wong, E M C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TORTICOLLIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17144466101     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200105000-00006     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Cheng JC, Au AW. Infantile torticollis: a review of 624 cases. J Pediatr Orthop. 1994;14:802-8.
2. Coventry MB, Harris LE. Congenital muscular torticollis in infancy. Some observations regarding treatment. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1959;41:815-22.
3. Dunn PM. Congenital sternomastoid torticollis: an intrauterine postural deformity [abstract]. Arch Dis Child. 1974;49:824.
4. Ling CM, Low YS. Sternomastoid tumor and muscular torticollis. Clin Orthop. 1972;86:144-50.
5. Ung CM, Balanchandran N. A prospective study of sternomastoid tumour in a closed community. Proceedings of the 10th Singapore Malaysia Congress of Medicine; 1975. p 233-6.
6. Suzuki S, Yamamuro T, Fujita A. The aetiological relationship between congenital torticollis and obstetrical paralysis. Int Orthop. 1984;8:175-81.
7. Tubby AH. Deformities, including diseases of the bones and joints. A textbook of orthopaedic surgery. 2nd ed. London: Macmillan; 1912. p 56.
8. Chandler FA. Muscular torticollis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1948;30:566-9.
9. Macdonald D. Sternomastoid tumour and muscular torticollis. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1969;51:432-43.
10. Hulbert KF. Congenital torticollis. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1950;32:50-9.
11. Binder H, Eng GD, Gaiser JF, Koch B. Congenital muscular torticollis: results of conservative management with long-term follow-up in 85 cases. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1987;68:222-5.
12. Jones PG. Torticollis in infancy and childhood. Sternomastoid fibrosis and the Sternomastoid "tumour." Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas; 1968. p 3-16.
13. McDaniel A, Hirsch BE, Kornblut AD, Armbrustmacher VM. Torticollis in infancy and adolescence. Ear Nose Throat J. 1984;63:478-87.
14. Canale ST, Griffin DW, Hubbard CN. Congenital muscular torticollis: a long-term follow-up. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1982;64:810-6.
15. Emery C. The determinants of treatment duration for congenital muscular torticollis. Phys Ther. 1994;74:921-9.
16. Leung YK, Leung PC. The efficacy of manipulative treatment for sternomastoid tumours. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1987;69:473-8.
17. Morrison DL, MacEwen D. Congenital muscular torticollis: observations regarding clinical findings, associated conditions, and results of treatment. J Pediatr Orthop. 1982;2:500-5.
18. Ferkel RD, Westin GW, Dawson EG, Oppenheim WL. Muscular torticollis. A modified surgical approach. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1983;65:894-900.
19. Lee EH, Kang YK, Bose K. Surgical correction of muscular torticollis in the older child. J Pediatr Orthop. 1986;6:585-9.
20. Colonna PC. Congenital torticollis. VA Med Mon. 1927;53:794-6.
21. Gruhn J, Hurwitt ES. Fibrous sternomastoid tumor of infancy. Pediatr. 1951;8:522-6.
22. Tang S, Liu Z, Quan X, Qin J, Zhang D. Sternocleidomastoid pseudotumor of infants and congenital muscular torticollis: fine-structure research. J Pediatr Orthop. 1998;18:214-8.