Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-24 @ 2:01 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 2:01 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03970395
Brief Summary:
The aim of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of osteopathic manipulative therapy in reducing the asymmetries of skull in infants with nonsynostotic plagiocephaly.
Detailed Description:
Nonsynostotic plagiocephaly (NSP) is defined as the deformation of the head resulting from external forces that mould the skull during the first months of life.
Four months seems to be a critical age for the development of NSP, but many positional head shape deformities may improve with time.
Early assessment and diagnosis is important not only for the shape of the skull, but also for possible clinical significant differences in gross motor development.
In paediatric conditions the effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment is documented in systematic reviews; in NSP the only study, which is a pilot, reveals an average reduction of 50% asymmetry on 12 infants who have undergone a course of four osteopathic treatments.
Study:
NCT03970395
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03970395