THER . Carolyn Emery Congenital Muscular Torticollis The Determinants of Treatment Duration
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The determinants of treatment duration for congenital muscular torticollis.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although the success of conservative management of congenital muscular torticollis has been well documented, relatively little is known about the determinants of response to treatment, such as treatment duration. The purpose of this study was to determine how factors such as severity of restriction of range of motion, age at initiation of treatment, and presence of a palp...
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تاریخ انتشار 2006