Evaluating the Impact of a New Complement to Physiotherapy Intervention for Positional Torticollis in Infants

Torticollis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluating the Impact of a New Complement to Physiotherapy Intervention for Positional Torticollis in Infants

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00879450
• Other study ID #: PED-08-035
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2009
• Est. completion date: July 2011

Study information

• Verified date: April 2019
• Source: McGill University Health Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Children with a torticollis are usually referred for physiotherapy where they are evaluated, and given exercises as well as education to treat the condition. This study is being done in order to compare 2 methods of sharing information with parents of children with torticollis.

Description:

160 children of less than 6 months of age will be recruited for the study and divided in 2 groups. Children of both groups will receive the same physiotherapy evaluation and exercises but parents will receive information handouts with one of two different types of illustrations and written instructions for home exercises.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 160
• Est. completion date: July 2011
• Est. primary completion date: June 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 6 Months

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged newborn to 6 months at initial visit in physiotherapy,

• A diagnosis of PT made by a physician,

• At least 37 weeks of gestational age at delivery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Congenital muscular torticollis with fibrosis (confirmed diagnosis): because this is a rare condition that has a different rate of recovery,

• Presence of craniosynostosis (confirmed diagnosis made by a neurosurgeon),

• APGAR score of less than 7 at 5 minutes,

• Prescription of a Tubular Orthosis for Torticollis (TOT) collar or Botox intervention for the torticollis,

• Confirmed diagnosis of syndrome or neurological condition.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Torticollis

Intervention

Other:
• Booklet
booklet given to parents for home exercises

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Montreal Children's Hospital, MUHC	Montreal	Quebec

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
McGill University Health Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Neck range of motion measurements		3 months