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The Effect of Home Exercise Programs Applied of Congenital Muscular Torticollis.

NCT06225934 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2024-01-26

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Summary

Congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is the third most common musculoskeletal disorder of infancy, affecting 3.9% to 16% of infants. It develops due to unilateral shortening of the SCM, whether or not there is a mass in the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM). CMT is characterized by lateral flexion of the affected SCM to the ipsilateral side and rotation to the contralateral side. Its etiology is not fully known. However, it can be associated with SCM disorder that develops due to birth trauma, prenatal/perinatal compartment syndrome and intrauterine restriction. It has been reported that conditions such as multiple pregnancy, intrauterine stenosis, vascular causes, fibrosis of the peripartum bleeding area, use of forceps at birth, difficult birth, and primary myopathy of SCM increase the possibility of CMT. It is necessary to approach babies diagnosed with CMT with an effective treatment program. The most important and effective of these approaches is to provide the necessary education and an intensive home program to their families, with whom they spend most of their days. By educating the family, on the one hand, the baby will receive regular treatment and the family's communication with the baby will be strengthened, while on the other hand, limitations such as transportation, time and cost will be eliminated. In our study; It was aimed to examine the effectiveness of the home program given in cooperation with the family in babies diagnosed with CMT and to create a new protocol.

Conditions

  • Congenital Muscular Torticollis
  • Family Members

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise and home program to increase lateral flexion and rotation angles

Suggestions will be made to the parent/caregiver of the baby diagnosed with congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) participating in the study to increase the baby's decreasing lateral flexion and rotation angles, and parents/caregivers will be advised to integrate these suggestions into their daily routine as much as possible.These suggestions; It includes holding-carrying-breastfeeding (feeding) principles, active-passive lateral flexion and active stretching of the child and activities that will increase joint range of motion for the SCM muscle, environmental arrangements, games that enable the development of active symmetrical movements and prone activities. The home program to be implemented by parents/caregivers will continue for 6 weeks. During the evaluations, the demographic characteristics of the babies (gender, gestational age, birth weight, parental information, mother's pregnancy type, pregnancy history, Apgar score, ultrasonography values, etc.) will be recorded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gazi University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sinem ERTURAN · Study Principal Investigator

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
12 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-15
Primary Completion
2024-03-15
Completion
2024-03-15

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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