Orthotic (Helmet) Therapy in the Treatment of Plagiocephaly
Orthotic (Helmet) Therapy in the Treatment of Plagiocephaly
PubMed was used to search English articles with the following medical subject heading terms "deformational plagiocephaly" and "orthosis," and "deformational plagiocephaly" and "helmet." To judge the quality of the studies, the following classifications were used: Class I, evidence from a randomized controlled trial; Class II, evidence from a prospective trial that compared more than 2 treatments in a nonrandomized manner; Class III, evidence from a prospective or retrospective case series with historical controls; and Class IV, evidence from a prospective or retrospective case series with no control or comparison group.
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PubMed was used to search English articles with the following medical subject heading terms "deformational plagiocephaly" and "orthosis," and "deformational plagiocephaly" and "helmet." To judge the quality of the studies, the following classifications were used: Class I, evidence from a randomized controlled trial; Class II, evidence from a prospective trial that compared more than 2 treatments in a nonrandomized manner; Class III, evidence from a prospective or retrospective case series with historical controls; and Class IV, evidence from a prospective or retrospective case series with no control or comparison group.
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