Efficacy of Pediatric Manual Therapy in the Positional Plagiocephaly
Efficacy of Pediatric Manual Therapy in the Positional Plagiocephaly
This study evaluates the efficacy of Pediatric Manual Therapy in the treatment of positional plagiocephaly in infants. 40 participants will receive a protocol of Pediatric Manual Therapy and educational physiotherapy in combination, while the other 20 will receive only educational physiotherapy
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.
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 only Educational therapy.
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