NCT02403011

Investigating the Effectiveness of Mobilization on Congenital Muscular Torticollis and Deformational Plagiocephaly

A Randomized Controlled Study in the Efficiency of Soft Tissue Mobilization in Babies With Congenital Muscular Torticollis and Deformational Plagiocephaly

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hacettepe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study investigates the effect of soft tissue mobilization in babies with neck muscle problem. Babies received soft tissue mobilization or home exercises program

Detailed description

Objectives: Investigating the effectiveness of soft tissue mobilization in babies with congenital muscular torticollis and deformational plagiocephaly. Design: A Randomized controlled trial design Setting: University research department Participants:Babies with congenital muscular torticollis, aged between 0-6 months, who had a head tilt from 5 to 20 degrees and no other health problems were the participants of the study. The study included two groups; home program group was seen once every six weeks, the study group in addition to the home program also received soft tissue mobilization three times in a week. All groups received a baseline home program consisting of positioning, handling strategies plus stretching, stretching and strengthening exercises, environmental adaptations and classical massage. Babies were allocated to two groups by sealed envelope randomization. Babies were evaluated initially, at sixth weeks, at 12 weeks and follow-up at 18 weeks with muscle function scale, head tilt and ear shift assessments which included photographing method, neck normal range of motions (lateral flexion and rotation) and plagiocephaly severity scale

Conditions

• Congenital Muscular Torticollis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	soft tissue mobilization	soft tissue mobilization technique has three phases. First phase 'the passive mobilization phase' is applied by gentle but tight gripping of the SKM muscle two or three fingers below the muscle origo and the muscle is mobilized rhythmically in the antero-posterior direction. Secondly, after gently continue to hold the muscle the baby was encouraged to do active repetitive cervical rotation to the affected side by means of catching the babies attention with colored and sonorous toys. Third phase was mobilization with stretching. Caregiver holds the baby on his/ her affected side while the therapist gently grips and withholds the muscle. Therapist mobilizes the muscle in the antero-posterior direction and stretch the muscle
OTHER	home program controlled once six weeks	Home program which consisted of positioning the neck and head, handling strategies, stretching exercises, strengthening exercises according to babies neurodevelopmental level and environmental adaptations

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-11-01
• Completion: 2015-11-01
• First posted: 2015-03-31
• Last updated: 2015-11-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)