OBJECTIVE The purpose of this work was to identify risk factors for deformational plagiocephaly within 48 hours of birth and at 7 weeks of age. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a prospective cohort study in which 380 healthy neonates born at term in Bernhoven Hospital in Veghel were followed at birth and at 7 weeks of age. Data regarding obstetrics, sociodemographics, asymmetry of the skull, ant...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence of positional plagiocephaly in infants 7 to 12 weeks of age who attend the 2-month well-child clinic in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. METHODS: A prospective cohort design was used to recruit 440 healthy full-term infants (born at $37 weeks of gestation) who presented at 2-month well-child clinics for public health nursing services...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence of positional plagiocephaly in infants 7 to 12 weeks of age who attend the 2-month well-child clinic in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. METHODS A prospective cohort design was used to recruit 440 healthy full-term infants (born at ≥37 weeks of gestation) who presented at 2-month well-child clinics for public health nursing services...

Introduction Plagiocephaly is a term used to describe an asymmetry in the shape of the skull. Non-synostotic plagiocephaly describes a flattening of the skull that evolves into two types of shape deformities (Figure 1). Firstly, the posterior-lateral Background: Plagiocephaly is a condition that affects the shape of the skull in infants. The research has suggested that there is a growing associ...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence of positional plagiocephaly in infants 7 to 12 weeks of age who attend the 2-month well-child clinic in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. METHODS: A prospective cohort design was used to recruit 440 healthy full-term infants (born at $37 weeks of gestation) who presented at 2-month well-child clinics for public health nursing services...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence of positional plagiocephaly in infants 7 to 12 weeks of age who attend the 2-month well-child clinic in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. METHODS: A prospective cohort design was used to recruit 440 healthy full-term infants (born at $37 weeks of gestation) who presented at 2-month well-child clinics for public health nursing services...

Plagiocephaly is a common condition that affects infants. It can be broadly grouped into positional and non positional plagiocephaly Positional plagiocephaly frequently resolves without intervention. Non positional plagiocephaly resulting from craniosynostosis often requires surgical intervention. In this case report, we present a rare case of unilateral frontosphenoid craniosynostosis. We disc...

BACKGROUND Deformational plagiocephaly is cranial asymmetry caused by external forces on the skull. Deformational plagiocephaly is seen in 5% to 48% of healthy newborns. Incomplete uvular fusion, in contrast, is one of many uvular malformations. The incidence of all degrees of incomplete uvular fusion is approximately 1% in healthy children. Bifid uvula is a malformation that is often considere...

Objectives To explore Maternal Child Health (MCH) nurses’ and Paediatric Physiotherapists’ (Physiotherapists) experience with infant deformational or positional plagiocephaly (plagiocephaly). Design Cross‐sectional online survey. Setting Community health setting in Victoria, Australia. Subjects MCH nurses and Paediatric Physiotherapists in Victoria were invited to participate. Main outcome meas...

This study evaluates the neurologic profiles of infants with deformational plagiocephaly. Forty-nine infants with deformational plagiocephaly between the ages of 4 and 13 months (mean age, 8.1 months) are evaluated, along with 50 age-matched control subjects (mean age, 8.1 months). A modified version of the Hammersmith infant neurologic assessment was performed on each infant. A caregiver compl...