NCT04672837

Pediatric Integrative Manual Therapy in Babies With Deformational Plagiocephaly and Congenital Muscular Torticollis

Efficacy of Pediatric Integrative Manual Therapy in Babies With Deformational Plagiocephaly and Congenital Muscular Torticollis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Zaragoza · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 0 Months – 12 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the efficacy of Pediatric Integrative Manual Therapy in the treatment of positional plagiocephaly in infants. 25 participants will receive a protocol of Pediatric Integrative Manual Therapy and educational physiotherapy in combination, while the other 25 will receive a stretching protocol and educational physiotherapy

Detailed description

The Manual Therapy has shown efficacy in different pathologies in the adult but it is not know its utility in infants and children population, nor in specific pathologies as non synostotic plagiocephaly. In the conservative treatment of plagiocephaly the educational physiotherapy and the helmet therapy have the better level of evidence among other treatments. When babies present preferential position of the head or Congenital Muscular Torticollis, stretching has shown efficacy. A protocol of ten sessions of Pediatric Manual Therapy will be applied to infants with positional plagiocephaly in combination with educational physiotherapy. The protocol consists in soft cervical mobilisation, myofascial induction and the application of some pressures to the cranial bones to improve the asymmetry of the head. Educational therapy which consists in more "tummy time" stimulation, stimulation to the non preference position of the head and counter positioning. The control group will receive a protocol of stretching at home done by their parents and Educational therapy.

Conditions

• Plagiocephaly, Nonsynostotic
• Plagiocephaly, Positional
• Congenital Muscular Torticollis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Pediatric Integrative Manual Therapy and educational therapy	Pediatric Integrative Manual Therapy is a soft Orthopedic Manual Therapy approach por infants and children. It integrates joints soft mobilisation, myofascial release and neurodynamic mobilisation. Also the educational therapy.
PROCEDURE	Stretching and educational therapy	It is a protocol of stretching based on literature research. Also the educational therapy with counter positioning, stimulation in prone position, positional care, etc.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-01
• Primary completion: 2023-05-30
• Completion: 2023-06-30
• First posted: 2020-12-17
• Last updated: 2022-05-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain