Perception-Action Approach Intervention for Infants With Congenital Muscular Torticollis
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Congenital Muscular Torticollis
In brief
Infants with congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) display postural and functional asymmetry that interferes with their development. The use of the Perception-Action Approach (P-AA) intervention in infants with CMT is supported by a single case report and needs to be researched further to determine its efficacy. This study will investigate the immediate effects of the P-AA intervention on habitual head deviation from midline, active head rotation range of motion, and functional use of both sides of the body in infants with CMT. The participants will be 3 infants with CMT, aged birth to 9 months. A randomized, nonconcurrent A-B multiple baseline design across subjects will be used. The intervention phase will include 5 daily PT sessions, with outcome data collected at the end of each session. It is hypothesized that improvements on all outcome measures will be documented upon the initiation of the P-A Approach intervention, with the most substantial change expected in habitual head deviation from midline measured by still photography.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02907801
- Run by
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
- People needed
- 5
- Starts
- 2017-01-10
- Expected to finish
- 2018-03-26
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-08-13
Who can join
Age: any, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- age between birth and 9 months at the time of recruitment
- diagnosis of CMT as documented in the medical record
- parents/guardians agree not to have their child participate in any additional interventions for CMT during the course of the study
You may not qualify if…
- diagnosis of neuromuscular torticollis, Sandifer syndrome, acute torticollis, benign paroxysmal torticollis, ocular torticollis, torticollis related to bony anomalies, or another non-muscular type of torticollis
- being seen for torticollis by another health care provider
- receiving a passive stretching intervention for CMT prior to referral for PT at the research site
Where it is running
- Ability Pediatric Physical Therapy, LLC — Anchorage, Alaska, United States
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