Use physical therapy to head off this deformity in infants

dc.contributor.author	Vargish, Lisa	eng
dc.contributor.author	Mendoza, Michael D.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Ewigman, Bernard	eng
dc.contributor.author	Hickner, John	eng
dc.contributor.other	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.date.issued	2009	eng
dc.description.abstract	Identify infants with positional preference early and consider referral to pediatric physical therapy at 7 or 8 weeks to prevent severe deformational plagiocephaly (DP). Stength of recommendation: B: Based on a single well-done randomized controlled trial (RCT).	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5440
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Priority Updates to Research Literature (PURLs) (2009)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 58, no. 08 (August 2009): E1-E3.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Infants -- Sleep	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Sleep positions	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Head -- Abnormalities	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Physical therapy	eng
dc.subject.other	Deformational plagiocephal	eng
dc.subject.other	Infants	eng
dc.subject.other	Pediatric physical therapy	eng
dc.title	Use physical therapy to head off this deformity in infants	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Priority Updates to Research Literature (PURLs)
Priority Updates to Research Literature generate new evidence-based recommendations for practice for family physicians and other primary care clinicians.