The differential diagnoses for skull deformities includes craniosynostosis ... examination of an infant with an irregularly shaped head. View the infant's passive position in the supine, prone ...

Unfortunately this has led to an increase in the number of babies suffering from head shape abnormalities. Although associated with some risk of skull deformity; healthy young infants should always be ...

The researchers compared final skull shape ... more severe deformities, older age when starting treatment, and the presence of congenital torticollis (a condition in which the head is tilted ...

More than three-fourths of infants with skull flattening related to sleep position achieve normal head shape with conservative ... for positional cranial deformity (PCD) has a success rate of ...

Developing a clinical pathway to treat head shape deformity is complicated by the seemingly subjective nature of diagnosis. [7] Nonetheless, clinicians can develop skills to visualize and assess ...

this will lead to a specific abnormal head shape. Some of the more common types of head deformities include scapho, or dolicocephaly, meaning "boat"-shaped or "long head." The head is narrow and ...

Head deformity is not uncommon among infants. Though not serious, treating it on time is important as it may lead to visual, auditory and neural problems that may hamper the normal development of ...

For children with head deformities, position the child so that ... a remolding helmet may be required to change the head shape. The helmets are lightweight and comfortable. It is worn 23 hours ...