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John Persing is a Plastic Surgeon and a Neurosurgery provider in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Persing is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Plagiocephaly. His top areas of expertise are Metopic Ridge, Craniosynostosis, Plagiocephaly, Crouzon Syndrome, and Craniectomy.
Hiroshi Miyabayashi practices in Kasukabe, Japan. Mr. Miyabayashi is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Plagiocephaly. His top areas of expertise are Plagiocephaly, Craniosynostosis, Metopic Ridge, Premature Infant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.
Nobuhiko Nagano practices in Tokyo, Japan. Nagano is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Plagiocephaly. Their top areas of expertise are Plagiocephaly, Premature Infant, Small for Gestational Age, and Infant Hyperglycemia.
Summary: This study will examine how effective caregiver's repositioning strategies are in correcting an infant's deformational cranial shape, as well as the effectiveness of the use of a custom cranial remolding orthosis for treatment of deformational head shapes. Infants with torticollis will be concurrently enrolled in physical therapy treatment until the torticollis is resolved. A normal, unaffected po...
Summary: The goal of this crossover randomized clinical trial is to assess the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) compared to standard of care repositioning in children diagnosed with positional/deformational plagiocephaly. The main hypothesis is that children who received OMT will show significantly improved anthropometric measures of cranial symmetry over those receiving the current pedi...
Published Date: May 10, 2022
Published By: Genetic and Rare Diseases Informnation Center