Deformational plagiocephaly and orthotic treatment: Indications and limitations

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1407-1412

  Mortenson, Patricia ^a,b   Steinbok, Paul ^a,b   Smith, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deformational plagiocephaly; Orthotic treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEFORMATIONAL PLAGIOCEPHALY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; ORTHOTICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEPHALOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866100042     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1755-3     Document Type: Article

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