Pediatric Integrative Manual Therapy in Babies With Deformational Plagiocephaly and Congenital Muscular Torticollis
Pediatric Integrative Manual Therapy in Babies With Deformational Plagiocephaly and Congenital Muscular Torticollis
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
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.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Sign of positional plagiocephaly

 -  Infants below 12 moths age

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  No neurological disorders

 -  No infectious diseases

 -  No respiratory diseases

 -  No other treatments