HELMET TREATMENT FOR PLAGIOCEPHALY DURING INFANCY 345
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Comparison of Helmet Therapy and Counter Positioning for Deformational Plagiocephaly
OBJECTIVE To compare effectiveness on correcting cranial and ear asymmetry between helmet therapy and counter positioning for deformational plagiocephaly (DP). METHODS Retrospective data of children diagnosed with DP who visited our clinic from November 2010 to October 2012 were reviewed. Subjects ≤10 months of age who showed ≥10 mm of diagonal difference were included for analysis. For DP tr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199704001-00365