Exploring the impact of osteopathic treatment on cranial asymmetries associated with nonsynostotic plagiocephaly in infants

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 193-198

  Lessard, Sylvie ^a   Gagnon, Isabelle ^b,c   Trottier, Nathalie ^a  

^a Collège d'Études Ostéopathiques de Montréal ^*  (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Cranial asymmetry; Deformational plagiocephaly; Nonsynostotic plagiocephaly; Osteopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PILOT STUDY; PLAGIOCEPHALY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANIPULATION, OSTEOPATHIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 80053647429     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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